Africana Studies 242 - DEATH & DYING IN BLACK CULTURE

What does death and dying mean in black culture, given the evidentiary history of black death, even the ways that blackness-as an idea-signifies death? Using a cultural studies perspective, this course looks at the distinction between and representational meanings of death and dying in black culture. To do this, we consider different historical periods and cultural forms; we think about gender, sexuality, class, religion, region; we think about genre and nationalism, as well as death and dying's not-too-distant relatives: memory, agency, loss, love. Not open to first-year students.

Not open to first-years