FR 240

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Constr Afr and Carib Identity

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduces students to cultural pluralism by comparing and contrasting African and Caribbean identities, as they are represented in literature and film. Taught in English.

Same as AFST 209, CWL 225, and LAST 240. Credit is not given towards the major or minor in French.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Non-West

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FR 240 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32901	Lecture-Discussion	X	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	1134 Foreign Languages Building	Maddox, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Degree Notes: Cultural Studies - Non-West course. Section Info: This course will introduce students to the diverse religions and expressions of folk spirituality among peoples of the Afro-Atlantic world, with special attention to religious and spiritual practices of the French-Creole circum-Caribbean. Special attention will be devoted to the French/Creole-speaking populations of the former French colonies (i.e. Haiti, Martinique, Louisiana). Using historical and anthropological approaches, we will explore the core concepts of religious syncretism and how the religious identities of Africans and their descendants developed under New World conditions. We will also draw upon interdisciplinary scholarship (i.e. dance studies, ethnomusicology, cultural studies) to examine the relationship between religious expression and cultural production. This will include discussions of music and dance expression, visual arts, and literature, as well as religious commodification, tourism, and critiques of media portrayals. Text, film, audio, and explorations of performance will be used in the course format.