Fall 2020

Transnational American Studies

Listed in: American Studies, as AMST-130  |  Black Studies, as BLST-130

Faculty

Jallicia A. Jolly (Section 01)
Leah C. Schmalzbauer (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as AMST 130 and BLST 130) The hustle and flow of bodies, ideas, inequalities and solidarities is core to our increasingly globalized world. This course offers an introduction to the Americas as a transnational space. We will explore the interplay of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality from interdisciplinary perspectives. We will draw examples from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Students will learn through a variety of methods including textual analysis, feminist ethnography, archival research, and cultural studies. We will also examine multiple approaches to American Studies such as critical race and ethnic studies, feminist and queer studies, indigenous studies, as well as theories of decolonization and settler colonialism. We will grapple with the complexities of identity and difference, immigration and border control, slavery, colonization, and empire.

Limited to 20 students. Fall semester. Visting Instructor Jolly and Professor Schmalzbauer.

AMST 130 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 01:30 PM - 02:50 PM ONLI ONLI
Th 01:30 PM - 02:50 PM ONLI ONLI

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Second Edition New York University Press, 2014 Burgett, Bruce & Glenn Hendler Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

Other years: Offered in Fall 2020, Fall 2023, Fall 2024