Black Images in Popular Culture 3.0 UNITS

Catalog description

This course surveys the depiction and development of images of Blacks and the stereotypes created in Western culture. The various means artists have used to counter those stereotypes by using techniques of resistance and counter narratives will be examined. Students will study fine art, comic books, comic strips, cartoons, advertising, literature, music, dance, theatre, cinema, broadcasting and television. Writing a research paper is a significant component of the course. Reading of literature theory and criticism is required. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or who have received credit in HUM 108 .