CWL 226

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Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp

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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as AFRO 224. See AFRO 224.

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

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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CWL 226 class schedule data for fall 2022
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	41141	Lecture-Discussion	1	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	W203 Turner Hall	O'Byrn, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This interdisciplinary survey course explores the rich history, aesthetics, and politics of African American culture from its very genesis to the present day: in other words, from West African cultural traditions to Hip Hop. We will examine cultural forms--literature, music, visual art, and more--to engage broad questions about the many meanings and resonances of African American culture in historical and contemporary contexts (in the U.S. and around the world). Readings, lectures, screenings, and discussions will be used to build the necessary intellectual framework and critical vocabulary to have informed dialogue about culture's relationship to issues of race, class, gender, justice, sexuality, and geography. In this course, we will take up the following questions (among many others): What, in fact, is "African" and what is "American" about "African American culture"? Is there some singular "African American culture" about which we speak, or are we really referring to a collection of African American cultures? How has African American culture both shaped and been shaped by such realities as enslavement, migration, urbanization, ghettoization, and globalization? How and why has African American culture traveled around the world, and what kind of impact has it had on communities beyond the United States?