This is the second half of a two-semester course offered through IDBS faculty. This course will cover the major literatures produced from the turn of the twentieth century to a contemporary period. Spring, L. Harris. Hybridity in the Diaspora. Conducted as a research seminar.
Class meets once a week for discussion, presentations, and organized events.
Spring, L. Harris. The Jook Joint. As an introduction to cultural studies, we will examine the development of African American dance in the USA through a focus on the cultural and social spaces that allowed African dance rituals to be preserved while being transformed in meaning and form into core American culture. Novel and Cinema in Africa and the West Indies. Special emphasis will be placed on questions of identity, the impact of colonialism, social and cultural values, as well as the nature of aesthetic creation.