COMP 370
Displaying, Collecting and Preserving the Other: Museums and French Imperialism Spring 2010
Division I
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This course will explore relationships between culture and imperialism in France by exploring how the “Other” has been conceived, displayed and collected in French museums, world’s fairs and galleries from the 19th century to the present. Through readings in museum history and theory, we will explore the imperial histories of the Louvre and the Musée de l’Homme, the role of Parisian World’s Fairs in ordering the colonial world, French colonial photography and the creation a body of consumable subjects, and the discourse of collection and preservation in French colonial architecture. In addition, we will read French novels that address the display, collection and preservation of the colonial Other such as Balzac’s Le Cousin Pons and Leila Sebbar’s Shérazade. Drawing on museum theory, we will also critically examine contemporary Parisian museums such as the Musée du Quai Branly, the Institut du Monde Arabe and the Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration. This course will be conducted in English. For students seeking RLFR credit, select readings will be in French, and written work will be in French.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 15
Expected: 15
Class#: 3333
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: active class participation, response papers, 2 short essays and a final research paper
Prerequisites: for students taking the course as RLFR: French 201 (formerly 109) or above, or permission of instructor; for students taking the course as COMP or AFR: no prerequisites
Enrollment Preferences: French and Comparative Literature majors, and concentrators in Africana Studies
Distributions: Division I
Notes: meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under RLFR or COMP; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under AFR
Attributes: AFR Interdepartmental Electives

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