AFR 343
Representations of Racial-Sexual Violence from Enslavement to Emancipation
Last Offered Spring 2023
Division II
Cross-listed
AMST 343 / WGSS 343 / INTR 343
This course is not offered in the current 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#: 4040
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 10
Expected: 8
Class#: 4040
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
weekly primary and response papers
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
preference given to juniors and seniors
Distributions:
Divison II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AMST 343 Division II WGSS 343 Division II INTR 343 Division II AFR 343 Division II
AMST 343 Division II WGSS 343 Division II INTR 343 Division II AFR 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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AFR 343 - TUT Racial-Sexual Violence
AFR 343 TUT Racial-Sexual ViolenceDivision IINot offered