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Nov 21, 2024
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AMST 130 SC - Multiracial People and Relations in US History
This class will explore the conditions and consequences for crossing racial boundaries in the U.S. We will take a multidisciplinary approach, exploring historical, literary, and ethnographic writings along with several feature and documentary film treatments of the subject. We will examine: Relations among Native Americans, whites, and blacks in the colonial era and nineteenth century; the legal formation of race through miscegenation cases; the regulation and representation of multiracial themes in film; the concept of mestizaje; contemporary debates surrounding the Mixed-race/Multiracial movement; and the racial identity of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Instructor: M. Delmont
Course Credit: 1.0
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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