Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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ARBC0241A-F21

Blackness & the Arab Imaginary

Blackness and the Arab Imaginary (In English)
Blackness as a category of analysis in the Middle East and North Africa, while fundamental to opening the field to the study of race and the legacies of slavery, remains understudied and deserving of critical attention. In this course we will explore the historic and political category of “blackness” and examine how black identities are constructed in the cultural and epistemological production of the Arab world and the Arab Diaspora through literature, critical scholarship, music, and cinema. We will address imperial and transnational dimensions of blackness as well as its increasing relevance for understanding new racial configurations in the contemporary Middle East and the Arab Diaspora. 3 hrs. lect.*This course is part of the Public Humanities Labs Initiative administered by the Axinn Center for the Humanities.*
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92698
Subject Code:
ARBC
Course Number:
0241
Section Identifier:
A

Course

ARBC 0241

All Sections in Fall 2021

Fall 2021

ARBC0241A-F21 Lecture (Ayoub)