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Spring 2018
May 07,2024 |
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| AMER 306 - CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN LEFT |
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Throughout this course we will examine cultural expressions of American radicalism in the 20th and 21st centuries. By tracing changing definitions of dominance and resistance in punctuated eras of leftwing activism, we will assess the history of numerous creative expressions and their relationship to social movements and dissent politics. Lining our discussions will be themes like racism and sexism, economic inequality and homophobia, and the ways in which different individuals and groups have struggled against stereotypes and the status quo in domestic and international ways. Ultimately, we will endeavor to answer the questions: Why are Mark Twain, Emma Goldman, Malcolm X, Talib Kweli, or Angela Davis oppositional figures in U.S. history? What makes photographs, literature, monuments, or music vehicles for dissent locally as well as globally?
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Online Course American Studies Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER-Amer Politics & Soc., MJ-Amer-Race & Ethnicity, OLD GE TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE |
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