AFR 200(F) Introduction to Africana Studies*

This team-taught course serves as an introduction to Africana studies and interrogates this interdisciplinary field of inquiry. It is required for concentrators but open to all students. We will examine the representation, arts and culture, politics activism, and history of black peoples in the United States, Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa. In addition to drawing upon key historical, literary and theoretical texts in Africana Studies, the class will incorporate lectures from core and affiliated faculty to address issues such as the black arts movement and Africana music; democracy and captivity in the United States; feminism, gender, and sexuality; black radicalism in the Americas; and identity, class, and race in Latin America and the Caribbean. Accompanying texts will include documentary and feature films, essays, novels, critical and theoretical studies.
Format: lecture. Evaluations will be based upon two 4- to 6-page papers, 2 exams, and a final project.
No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 30 (expected: 30). Preference given to (potential) concentrators in Africana Studies.

Hour: E. EDWARDS and ROBOLIN