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Check out these courses on topics including: globalization, international development, cultural studies, politics & more, in the Department of African American Studies

GENDER IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AFRS 1185
AFRS 1185 (35906) Tue & Fri 9:50AM-11:30AM – Prof. Robin Chandler
Studies variations in gender roles throughout the African Diaspora, from pre-colonial Africa to the modern United States. Areas of the African Diaspora include Africa, the West Indies, Latin America, Europe, and the Islamic world. Issues include sexuality, labor, reproduction, and social constructions of gender.

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH MUSIC
AFAM 1104 (33014) Wed & Fri 11:45AM – 1:25PM – Prof. Eric Jackson
Explores the various musical traditions of African Americans, with a specific focus on the United States. Examines the impact of African, European, and Native American traditions on African-American music as well as the role of music as an expression of African-American aesthetics, traditions, and life. Considers historical and contemporary forms of African-American musics, with selected video presentations of musical styles.

FOUNDATIONS OF BLACK CULTURE 1
AFAM 1109 (35905) Tue & Fri 1:35PM-3:15PM – Prof. Robin Chandler
Studies music, literature, visual and performing arts, and other cultural and artistic traditions as they have evolved among African, African-American, and Caribbean peoples.

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH SHORT FICTION AND BLACK CINEMA
AFAM 1300 (33185) Tue & Fri 9:50AM-11:30AM – Prof. Ed Bullins
Surveys the expressions of African-Americans through the lens of short fiction and black cinema. Engages both the traditional and contemporary forms of cultural expression, grounding the lineages through numerous African forms, contributions from the West and Far East, and looking toward futuristic engagement.

ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN RACISM
AFAM 2339 (35799) Tue & Fri 9:50AM-11:30AM – Prof. Gia Barboza
Discusses the cycle by which racism in our institutions helps form our attitudes and the manner in which our attitudes, in turn, shape our institutions. Emphasizes the practical, day-to-day aspects of racism, rather than the theoretical and historical.

THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN
AFAM 2345 (34083) Mon & Wed 2:50-4:30PM – Prof. Leonard Brown
Offers a descriptive and interpretive analysis of the growth of the modern black community in the Caribbean. Although the focus is the contemporary period, the course examines that period in the context of colonialism and slavery in the Americas. Important racial, social, political, economic, and religious issues are addressed.

RACE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
AFAM 2367 (33734) Tue & Fri 1:35PM-3:15PM – Prof. Christopher Chambers
Provides an interdisciplinary look at the social, political, and psychological factors shaping contemporary African-American identity. Explores several different factors that interact with blackness to shape the diversity of African-American experience, such as skin color, gender, culture, and class. Studies black identity as it has been conceptualized, measured, and researched by psychologists.

Also, check out these courses in the College of Social Sciences & Humanities on related subjects:
LITR 1260 Caribbean Literature and Culture – Prof. Alan West-Duran
CLTR 1240 Latin American Film – Prof. Alan West-Duran
LACS 1220 Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies - Prof. Anny Rivera-Ottenberger
ENGL 4663 Early African American Literature - Prof. Nicole N. Aljoe
ENGL 4670 Modern African American Literature - Prof. Carla Kaplan
HIST 2338 African American History Since 1900 - Prof. Charissa Threat
HIST 1187 Introduction to Latin American History - Prof. Dalia Wassner

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