AFRICAM257A
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AFRICAM 257A - Identity Politics in the Caribbean and Africa
Course Title
Identity Politics in the Caribbean and Africa
Course Description
An exhaustive examination of the conditions under which identity constructs (race, ethnicity, nation, religion, language, region, etc.) come to occupy the symbolic center in the organization of mass political movements in non-industrialized Third World societies. The course will be comparative in scope using case histories from Africa and the Caribbean. It will focus on the relationship between the "politics of identity," national economic decision making, and the distribution of economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capital.
Minimum
4
Maximum
4
Grading Basis
Default Letter Grade; S/U Option
Instructors
Hintzen
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Formats
Seminar
Term
Fall and Spring
Duration (in weeks)
15
Minimum Hours
3
Maximum Hours
3
Minimum Hours
9
Maximum Hours
9