Interracial Dynamics in American Society & Culture
LECTURE: Tuesday/Thursday, 12:30P – 1:45P, De Neve P350
This course focuses on race as a social and cultural category that shapes contemporary American life. We explore its recent origin, resulting from ways of thinking that emerge in Europe and North America over the past few hundred years. Our aim is to study race as both a "lived" experience and a contested terrain upon which different groups sometimes come into conflict and sometimes build coalitions. We draw upon various disciplinary perspectives - including sociology, history, literature, and media studies - to examine the nature and meaning of race in the United States