Sections offered FALL 2021:
#20198 |
MARCO ARNAUDO |
M 1:10-2:25pm
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HU 217
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CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Above class taught in a Hybrid manner which includes In Person and Online Instruction. For more information visit https://covid.iu.edu/learning-modes/index.html
This class discusses race relations in the US through the lens of science fiction, with particular emphasis on indigenous culture and the black experience. We start by looking at the history of racist policies and ideas in the US, and we see how science fiction worked at times to reinforce such trends, and other times worked to question them and raise awareness about systemic racism. The class includes mainly prose works by authors such as W. E. B. Dubois, H. P. Lovecraft, Octavia Butler, Harry Turtledove, Matt Ruff, and Nnedi Okorafor. We also read comics by Ta-Nehisi Coates and watch the movie Black Panther.