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18 Courses of Study Africana Studies Scripps College Catalog
course seeks to frame and analyze their confrontations and experiences where conflicts of gender,
ethnicity, class, and state authority produce inmates of policed and criminalized landscapes. V.
Thomas.
155. Post-Apartheid Narratives. This seminar maps the literary terrain of contemporary South
Africa. Through an examination of prose, poetry, and visual material, this course offers some of the
responses writers have given to the end of Apartheid, to major social events such as the hearings of
the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and to the idea of a “new” South Africa. I. Balseiro.
160 AF. Caribbean Literature. Reading and analysis of novels, poetry, and essays representing the
most important trends in modern Caribbean literature. M. Shelton.
162 AF. African Literature. Reading and analysis of novels, poetry, and essays representing the
most important trends in modern African literature. M. Shelton.
164 AF. Harlem Renaissance. This course is a survey of African American literature and culture
produced during or linked to the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Central to the course is an ongoing
survey and analysis of popular cultural forms, such as the blues, social dance, film, and musical
theatre. L. Harris.
165 AF. Writing between Borders. Examination of works by women writers from the Caribbean
who live in the U.S. and Canada. Seeks to uncover the complex nature of cross-cultural encounters.
Explores the strategies used by these writers to define themselves both inside and outside the
body politic of two societies. Attention given to questions of identity, exile, history, memory,
and language. Authors include Jean Rhys, Paule Marshall, Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, and
Michelle Cliff. M. Shelton.
170J AF. Special Topics in American Literature: Toni Morrison. A seminar on Morrison’s
contributions to African American literature, the Western canon, Black feminist discourse, and
promoting African diaspora literacy. Students will examine Morrison as a writer of fiction, literary
criticism, essays, short stories, cultural criticism, and editorial commentaries. V. Thomas.
196 AF. Major Figures in 20th-Century American Literature: James Baldwin. Explores
the work of one of America’s greatest writers whose importance resides in part in his calling
into question national practices and injustices in regards to race, sexuality, religion, civil rights
struggles, and other political matters. L. Harris..
Music
56 PO. Words and Music: History of Black Song. Study of the development of the solo song
in Western art music. Students will learn how to analyze texts and compositional techniques.
Examines the works of selected African-American composers. The ability to read music would be
helpful, but it is not required. G. Lytle.
62 PO. Survey of American Music. Introduction to the contributions that specific ethnic cultures
have made to the diverse fabric of American music. Examines two ethnic populations and the
elements which make up the musical life of each group. Lectures, guest presentations and concerts.
G. Lytle.
Politics
149 AF. Africana Political Theory in the United States. Given the Black dispersal throughout
the world, Africana Political Theory will analyze the intersection of race, class, gender, and
sexuality in the formation of political structures through the African Diaspora. Utilizing the texts
of Black scholars throughout the Diaspora, the course will provide a broad look into Black politics.
Prerequisite: at least one course in Africana Studies. D. Schnyder.
Psychology
12 AF. Introduction to African American Psychology. Includes perspectives, education,
community, life-span development, gender, and related issues. Emphasizes the critical examination
of current research and theory. Students are expected to contribute orally and in writing.
Prerequisite: PI Psychology 10 or permission of instructor. H. Fairchild.
125 AF Culture and Human Development: African Diaspora. Explores the growing movement