| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFAM 40B | AFRICAN AMERICAN II | CHANDLER, N | Introduction to the history of modern racial thinking in Western society and its relationship to the material contexts of racial oppression, with emphasis on its development in British colonies and U.S. It an introduction to core African American history from the 18th century to early 20th century, notably including African American intellectual and political thought. A key figure is W. E. B. Du Bois. |
| AFAM 113 | BLACK CINEMA | DAULATZAI, S. | Explores the diversity of Black creative production and the historical, social, and economic forces that shaped their emergence. May include Black film, hip-hop culture, fine art, photography, and others. |
| AFAM 115 | RACE, SPORT, MEDIA | JOHNSON, V. | This course examines the intersection of race, sports, and media in everyday U.S. popular media (film, TV, advertising, social media, music) and political culture. We will analyze historic and contemporary debates at this intersection, with particular focus on African American representation and U.S. ideology regarding race, gender, nation, celebrity, and capital in the “mass” media era. Attention to current debates (e.g., the “politics” of sports celebrity, questions of “authenticity,” resistance and/or consensus; raced images of team mascots; the semiotics of race in sports commodification and marketing; raced and gendered discourses in sports and "fitness activism"; and broader controversies regarding race, gender, self-expression, sexuality, and violence in sport) will be contextualized and studied through scholarly theories of race and media representation that encourage us to think about U.S. media as sites of struggle over what constitutes citizenship, local and national identity, and what it has meant to "be American" in post-World War II U.S. culture. That is, we will investigate the ways in which debates or controversies at the intersection, "race/sports/media" have, indeed, most often been struggles over what it means to be "American." Required course work will involve extensive readings, active participation, essay and exam writing. This course is cross listed with African American Studies 115 and International Studies 189. |
| AFAM 138 | SLAVE REBELLIONS | MILLWARD, J. | This course investigates slave resistance, agency, and revolution during key “slave rebellions” in the Atlantic World. The main course objective is to provide students with an overview of classic and more recent scholarship on topics presented in the course. Of particular importance is the relationship between individuals vs. community resistance, and forms of resistance available to slaves based upon their locale, gender, and status in the enslaved community. Students will work to isolate criteria as to what makes a “successful” slave rebellion. We will approach slave resistance and rebellion from a Diasporic perspective. Students will develop critical and analytical skills by doing oral and written assignments, some of which will be comparative in nature. The reading assignments promise to provide students with a theoretical overview of classic debates in African American history/studies such as class conflict, gendered experiences, and collective action. This class is designed for students who have taken other African American Studies or History courses as well as those who have a general interest in the course material. |
| AFAM 158 | W.E.B. DUBOIS | CHANDLER, N. | This course provides a deep introduction to one of the most gifted and influential thinkers of the Twentieth century, W. E. Du Bois. It’s core is the study of the classic The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. |
| AFAM 162W | BLACK PROTEST TRADN | WILDERSON, F. | History and discourses of the black protest tradition. Traces emergence of black protest against racial slavery and white supremacy from the early colonial period to present and the complex elaboration of identity politics within black communities in the twentieth century. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement. Restriction: Upper-division students only. |