Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

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Constructs a foundation for further study in the literatures of racialized and “ethnic” groups in the United States (e.g., African American, American Indian, Asian American, Chicana/o, Latina/o, Arab American, etc.). Presents key concepts necessary for more advanced work in comparative race and ethnic studies such as racial formation, varieties of privilege, intersectionality (of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, class, etc.), and settler colonialism, as well as literary theoretical concerns about the relationship between aesthetic form and content, the influence of historical and cultural contexts on literary production and reception, and the political role of literature in society.