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As we pass over the margin between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, ancient questions remain, none more ancient than those concerning how human beings come to "have," to recognize and experience, and identity. Yet in an increasingly global and multicultural society, such questions must be asked under radically transformed conditions and with an unprecedented sense of urgency. No longer can we only ask the traditional foundational questions of who we are, how we are, why we are. Today, we must also ask where. contours of personhood, sexuality and gender, race and ethnicity, language, consciousness and sanity. The narratives of these authors explore the proposal that in modern societies the margin no longer signifies simple division. The margin no longer separates self from other, identity from difference, because idenitity now is difference.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA COL Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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