Postcolonial Film and Literature (g)

Catalog description

In this course, students will be introduced to the political, social and cultural issues and contexts that inform postcolonial studies. The course scope will be the films and writings of and about regions and nations whose histories are defined by colonial and anti-colonial histories, including Africa (especially Algeria, Senegal, the Congo, and Rwanda), the Caribbean (with special attention to Jamaica and Cuba), Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Pakistan, and India; we may also consider Eastern Europe, South East Asia, or Latin America. (F,Sp)