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BLST0310A-S20

Livin' for the City
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Livin' for the City
In this course we will engage the idea of the "ghetto" as constructed through literature, film, music, and television. Our exploration will relate this concept to geographic spaces and to a socially-constructed set of ideas about urban African American spaces and communities. We will combine critical textual analysis with fundamental concepts from human geography and social history to explore shifting conceptions of the “ghetto”, consider its impact on urban African American space, and examine how the responses of urban black American artists affect, resist, and change its imaginative geography. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22634
Subject Code:
BLST
Course Number:
0310
Section Identifier:
A

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Spring 2020

BLST0310A-S20 Lecture (Nash)