French 380 - TOPICS/FRENCH CULTURAL STUDIES

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Mehammed Mack
MW 02:40-04:00
Smith College
40447-S14
HATFLD 106
mmack@smith.edu
Topics course. This course examines the place of sexuality in discussions and representations of immigration to France. Through readings, lectures, and film screenings, students discover the role played by sexuality in immigration debates from the 1920's to the present day. As France's media and political parties have debated whether postwar immigration from the former colonies has entailed the erosion of French identity, long-standing claims about religious or ethnic diversity have increasingly been accompanied by a sexualized rhetoric that accuses immigrants of advocating rigid gender norms and intolerance of sexual diversity. Authors studied include Frantz Fanon, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Fadela Amara,and Abdellah Taia.
Topic: Immigration and Sexuality.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.