Sections offered FALL 2020:
#13785 |
CLARK BARWICK |
TR 11:30am-12:45pm |
WEB |
CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd A&H credit; COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Above class meets 100% Online with a combination of Synchronous and Asynchronous instruction. For more information visit https://fall2020.iu.edu/learning-modes/
Have you ever dated someone from a different race, religion or nationality? Have you ever been told not to? In this seminar, we will explore the long histories of cross-racial, religious, and national intimacy in the United States, and consider how American culture has traditionally represented (or ignored) these boundary-crossing relationships. What does it mean to identify as biracial (or belong to more than one identity group) in America? How and why does American culture often demand strict racial/religious/national categories, and what are the consequences for how we understand ourselves and each other?
As part of our project, we will delve into the legal history and criminalization of interracial marriage, and we also will consider the longstanding discrimination and marginalization of biracial/multi-identitied Americans and families in the United States. Our class will devote significant time, too, to thinking about how sexual identity and preference figure into representations of boundary-crossing relationships.
In this cultural studies course, our primary texts will include American literature (fiction, poetry, drama, essays), films, visual art, and music.