How have audiences learned to perceive and understand 'race' in visual mass media? How do photographic and cinematographic technologies shape our understandings of ourselves, others, and the world? This course uses anti-racist and decolonial approaches to study the imperial legacies of film and photography, from colonial-era projects through contemporary globalization and militarization, within broader cultural […]
An introduction to the African American literary tradition across genres, from its slavery-era origins until today, exploring representations of selfhood, consciousness, solidarity, conflict, power, literacy, voice, heritage, and destiny.
The Mohawk language, Kanien'keha, is introduced in culturally specific ways, based on the histories and knowledges of Mohawk people. Through the use of exercises and other interactive processes, supplemented by tests, texts, and online resources, students become familiar with basic concepts and terms related to Mohawk culture and language.
Drawing on international children's rights conventions, this course explores children's rights to play and recreation, as well as the ways that young people actively participate in arts and culture. Students will examine a wide range of case studies of children's play and leisure in a variety of contexts.
The course reinforces and builds upon speaking, reading, and writing skills introduced in Elementary Yiddish. Emphasis is placed on enabling comprehension of a variety of types speeches and texts and on developing fluent, idiomatic speech in every day situations. Prerequisite: AP/YDSH 1000 6.00 or permission of the department.
An introduction to the literature and history of the early Christian communities in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece and Rome. The varieties of early Christian thought and practice are examined in terms of their religious, cultural and political contexts.
An examination of the various modes, models, functions and traditions of fantasy, this course includes consideration of mythology and folklore material, utopian and dystopian literature, romance and horror, psychological studies, and speculative fiction. Historical contexts are examined in detail, drawing on appropriate theoretical materials and classic fantasy texts.
Introduces students to some of the major themes of existential thought through the narrative media of literature (novels, plays, short stories) and film. Topics include: religion and its relationship to morality, nihilism, freedom, authenticity, bad faith, and the relationship between self and other. Authors may include: Dostoyevsky, Sartre, Camus, and deBeauvoir.
An interdisciplinary introduction to the culture and society of the United States from pre-Revolutionary times to today.
This course explores the concept of children’s rights, directly as it relates to youth activism, from a critical childhood studies lens. Students will examine recent youth activist movements, conducting in-depth analysis into how these movements interact with local and global children’s rights documents and theories. Pre-requisite: AP/CCY 1999 6.00