AFRO 298

Spring 2020 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6

Spec Topics African-Am Studies

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Credit: 3 hours.

Seminar on selected topics with particular emphasis on current research trends.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: AFRO 100 or AFRO 101, or consent of instructor.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	55884	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:30PM -4:45PM	MW	119 English Building	Jenkins, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Title: Black Girl Magic Section Info: #BlackGirlMagic in Contemporary Culture (Black Women’s Lit and Film 1970-Present) This course will serve as an introduction to post-Civil Rights black women's literature and film. We will cover a selection of major late 20th and early 21st century authors and filmmakers, examining works from several genres—including, on the literary side, fiction, poetry, essay, and memoir, and on the cinematic side, documentary, feature, and short film. Taking seriously the theoretical and critical implications of the popular hashtag “#blackgirlmagic,” we will consider how contemporary black women’s artistry speaks to the unique experiences of African American women as well as to broader questions of identity, various forms of inequality, and social justice. We will ask whether there are particular artistic practices, political standpoints, or linguistic effects that mark certain visual and literary texts as “black women’s” texts, particularly now—and if so, what these are and how (and by whom) they are determined. We will also question how the black women artists we study address matters of race and nation, as well as matters of gender, sexuality, and class. In the process, we will consider how contemporary black women's cultural production both builds upon and moves beyond a long historical tradition of black women’s expression. Participation, daily response questions, midterm exam, short paper, reflective presentation, final creative project.