Sem: T-Race, Sex & Tourism

Tourism is often lauded as the key to economic development for many countries. However, scholarly work has shown that historical relationships to imperialism and colonialism impact how people and places experience tourism. This course introduces students to debates, methods and conceptual frameworks in the study of race, sex, and tourism.

Sem:T-Blackness,Being,Becoming

This class uses canonical literature, as well as cultural productions and critical theory, in order to explore blackness as a modern racial formation (i.e. an idea with material consequences) and an identity. Beginning with the 19th century slave narrative tradition, and moving through the 20th and 21st centuries, we will explore how African Americans use written, sonic and visual languages to resist Eurocentric projections of otherness onto black bodies.

Sem: The Black Radical Tradition

What is the nature of the Black radical imagination? This course on the Black Radical Tradition draws on the thought and marronage emblematic of the Black experience of New World coloniality, through speech acts, poetry, essays, historical studies and cultural criticism, students will immerse themselves in an intensive examination of the meaning of Blackness at the beginning of the third decade of an unsettled century. Enrollment limited to 12. Juniors & Seniors only. Instructor permission required.

T-Caribbean Political Thought

How have the history and geography of the Caribbean shaped the political claims of its thinkers in the quest for freedom from domination? This course tracks their contribution to issues fundamental to societal formation in the Caribbean, expressed in the aspiration for national independence and self-determination.

T-Anthropology & African Diaspora

The African continent’s place as the cradle of humanity has made it central to Anthropology however, Anthropology’s imperial origins have long put it at odds with the people of the African Diaspora. This course examines the complexities of the relationship between Anthropology and the African Diaspora. We begin with an exploration of the African Diaspora as space, place, and identity. We then critically examine Anthropology’s history and explore the discipline’s core theories and thinkers.

Colq: Methods of Inquiry

This course is designed to introduce students to the methods of inquiry used for research in Africana Studies. Through intensive study of a single topic--past examples have included Toni Morrison's Beloved, the American South, the African Diaspora, The Black Seventies, Soul and Post-Soul--students will consider the formation of the field, engage canonical texts, attend lectures and learn from scholars whose work is based in disciplines such as history, literature, cultural studies and the social sciences.
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