Instructor: Prof. Cheryl Higashida
Course on literature and culture of the "long civil rights" movement spanning the twentieth century to the present. A central question we'll explore: what is and should be the relationship between art and activism? We will study the relationship between social and cultural movements such as modernism and labor organizing; the Harlem Renaissance and anti-lynching; the Asian American literary and social movements; the Native American Renaissance and the American Indian Movement; and poetry and personal essay of #BlackLivesMatter. We will think about how social activism was manifested in literary themes and forms, and how the arts shaped the content and meaning of activism.
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¸é±ð±ç³Ü¾±²õ¾±³Ù±ð²õ:ÌýRestricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Additional Information:Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: American Literature
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