AFRO 382

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African Amer Families in Film

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Credit: 3 hours.

Uses film as case studies to examine the diverse structures, social classes, and internal dynamics among African American families. Critical family processes such as family formation patterns, dating mate selection, parenting, male-female/gender relations, child adolescent, and adult development, family routines and practices, family communication, and family stress and coping will be examined. Also considers how families interact within larger contexts, such as the local neighborhood and key institutions (school, workplace, social service agencies). Films will be supplemented with readings drawn for diverse disciplines (African American Studies, Anthropology, Family Studies, History, Psychology, and Sociology) that allow us to examine key substantive, theoretical, methodological, and policy issues in the study of African American families.

Same as HDFS 324.

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AFRO 382 class schedule data for summer 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39674	Lecture-Discussion	DMC	11:00AM -2:50PM	W	G48 Foreign Languages Building	McMillion, D	Part of Term: S2 Date Range: 06/10/19-08/01/19 Section Info: Topic: African-American Families in Film Description: This seminar explores African-American family using films as "case studies". Using classic and contemporary films that depict diverse family structures, social classes, and experiences within African American families; we will examine the internal dynamics of family life. These include family formation patterns, dating-mate selection, couples' relations, parenting, male-female/gender relations, child, adolescent, and adult development, family routines and practices, family communication, family stress; coping and resilience. We will also consider how families interact with larger contexts, such as the local neighborhood and key institutions (schools, workplace, social service agencies). Films will be supplemented with readings from diverse disciplines (African American Studies, Anthropology, Education, Family Studies, Psychology, and Sociology) that allow us to examine substantive, theoretical, and policy issues in the study of African American families.