AFRST-131 Representation, Culture, and Power
Forefronts the consequences of assumptions based on hegemonic ideas and representations of blackness and Black life. We examine how visual and narrative representations impact our perceptions and sense of collective and individual selves, and the lived experiences of Black subjects. We explore dominant cultural representations of blackness and how they are in dialogue, negotiation, and contestation, along with the tension and interaction between ideas inherited from the outside, and the created inner ones.
Writing-Intensive (18)
Credits
1
Notes
You will learn to recognize and make sense of the visual and other narratives that we take-for-granted by a multifaceted inquiry of materials on culture and representation, historical texts, essays, ethnographic work, critical racial theory, photography, fine art, and fiction.