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Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien

Mag. Susanne Toelken-Mettauer Mag. Susanne Toelken-Mettauer

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"The Struggle Is Always There": The Tradition of Black American Protest

PS 2

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Englisch

To raise students' awareness of the many forms of black American protest, from the more visible, hegemonic modes of resistance to often hidden and highly creative outlets for discontent and criticism.

We will deal with movements, activists, strategies, and achievements of black American protest, always keeping in mind the diversified forms and forces of oppression that they sought to overcome. Topics include: slave revolts, abolitionism; (de)segregation; the legal struggle against discrimination (lawsuits such as _Plessy v. Ferguson_ or _Brown v. Board of Education_); definitions of race and blackness; black protest and issues of gender and class; black Communism and unionism; black nationalism from Marcus Garvey to the Black Arts Movement; black music as protest; etc.

Lecture inputs, reading assignments, student presentations, discussions

Class preparation and participation, 20-minute presentation, 12- to 15-page research paper (MLA style), final exam

Course material will be available on the reserve shelf and on eCampus

Students must have passed the "Introduction to American Literature and Culture" to attend this course
Beginn: 9. 3. 2006