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AMERICAN CULTURE STUDIES (L98)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)FL2020
L98 AMCS 330DCulture and Identity: The Race for Criticism: African American Culture and its Critics3.0 Units
Description:Whom do we trust to tell us when something is a classic novel, album or film? Professional critics? Fan reviews? Academic analysts? How is such acclaim, or denunciation, determined? Indeed, the stakes of these questions are heightened when critique is directed at works produced by African-Americans. In this course we will consider these and other questions by reading/viewing/listening to a series of canonical African American cultural texts across mediums (e.g., Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight and, assuming next year's offerings are anywhere as good this year's, an exhibit at the St. Louis Arts Museum). Upon initial read/listen/view students will work through methods of close reading of primary texts and provide their own critical review. Next, students will be tasked with employing a fieldwork method to consider how each text was critically received (a different fieldwork method will be required for each text we consider): 1. Using library resources to locate critical receptions in digital archives, i.e., newspapers, journals, etc., 2. Interviewing folks for their critical receptions or memories of the text, and 3. For a more contemporary text, students will engage in an ethnographic approach. In turn, students will use their findings as primary data to be used towards a final paper, blog, or various other potential final project presentations. Beyond engaging with canonical works and multidisciplinary methods this course would introduce students to the various ways that black cultural production, as a whole, is critically received: What type of expectations are set? Where are these works consumed and reviewed? What kind of language is consistently used by critics? etc. This will aid students in gaining a sense of their own subjectivity in relation to their subject matter.
Attributes:A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: CPSC, HUMBU: BA, HUMEN: H
Instruction Type:Remote per COVID-19 Grade Options:CP Fees:
Course Type:HomeSame As:L90 3300Frequency:Unpredictable / History
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01-T-R---11:30A-12:50PRemote / LA Manditch-ProttasPaper/Project/TakeHome1990
Desc:Fully Remote, Synchronous each meeting
REG-DelayStart: 9/14/2020   End: 1/10/2021
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