AMST 343
Representations of Racial-Sexual Violence from Enslavement to Emancipation
Spring 2019
(also offered Fall 2018)
Division II
Writing Skills
Cross-listed
INTR 343 / AFR 343 / WGSS 343
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
This tutorial examines representations of and resistance to racial-sexual violence in American society, from colonial America to contemporary US culture. Interdisciplinary texts cover history, politics, literature, film, feminist studies, American studies, lgbtq and ethnic/black studies. Books include Southern Horrors; Intimate Matters; Scenes of Subjection; Trauma and Recovery; The Delectable Negro; At the Dark End of the Street; films include Birth of a Nation; Bush Mama; To Kill a Mockingbird. The primary focus is on racial and sexual vulnerability to violence and mobilization for freedom from the 18th-21st centuries.
The Class:
Format: tutorial; students provide primary and response papers and discuss their analyses and theories of social and interpersonal violence.
Limit: 10
Expected: 8
Class#: 3146
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 10
Expected: 8
Class#: 3146
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
weekly primary and response papers
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
preference given to juniors and seniors
Distributions:
Division II
Writing Skills
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
INTR 343 Division II AFR 343 Division II WGSS 343 Division II AMST 343 Division II
INTR 343 Division II AFR 343 Division II WGSS 343 Division II AMST 343 Division II
Attributes:
AMST Critical and Cultural Theory Electives
JLST Interdepartmental Electives
WGSS Racial Sexual + Cultural Diversity Courses
JLST Interdepartmental Electives
WGSS Racial Sexual + Cultural Diversity Courses
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AMST 343 - T1 (S) TUT Racial-Sexual Violence
AMST 343 - T1 (S) TUT Racial-Sexual ViolenceDivision II Writing SkillsTBA3146
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AMST 343 - T1 (S) TUT Racial-Sexual Violence
AMST 343 - T1 (S) TUT Racial-Sexual ViolenceDivision II Writing SkillsTBA3146
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