FYSP 074 - Race and Place: Reading the Rez, the Holler, and the Cul-de-Sac

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 HU, WR
This course explores how literary and cinematic narratives of American landscapes are marked by questions of race and identity. While we often focus on urban scenes to obtain a sense of how racial questions and tensions emerge and are worked out, other landscapes including the reservation, the backwoods, and the suburbs provide alternative spaces to consider these issues. We will survey these texts to discern how they represent American life.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: H. Suarez
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes