ENGL 380 - (Dis)Locations of Race

3 HU, CD, WR
First Semester. This course will investigate how racial masquerades codify and yet destabilize social fantasies and identities in literature and film. Texts may include works by Toni Morrison and David Wong Louie, various yellowface, blackface films, animation, performance art, and theatrical performances, as well as criticism and theory that consider aesthetic and political implications of racial “passing,” cultural appropriation, and the problematics of identity politics. American, Diversity, Post-1900.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. Takada

Credits: 3 hours