AAST 950 - Improper English: Race, Culture & Identity in Anti-Colonial British Literature

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 6 Hours
Attribute: 6 HU, CD
Examination of writings by Black British and South Asian authors challenging the notion of static British, Caribbean, South Asian and African identities. Reading slave narratives, poetry, fiction, performance poetry and theatrical works that explore Black British identities as examined by cultural theorists such as Hall Kobena Mercer, and Parmar we will interrogate “post-colonial” identities, issues of migration, globalization, imperialism, and institutional inequalities. Among the writers discussed: Equiano, Prince, Lamming, Rushdie, Zadie Smith, and Dorothea Smartt.

Instructor: M. Gadsby
Prerequisites & Notes
Note. Taught in London. Prior application and acceptance to the Oberlin-in-London program required.