Global Cultures & Publics

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This course will look at the creative tensions that framed the encounters between western modernity and the \2018non-west.\2019 Primarily, this course will explore how various forms, practices, and processes related to modernity are transformed and constituted within the context of the non-west. Using scholarly texts, popular literature, and visual materials the course will attempt to examine critically the relationship between modernity and its \2018others.\2019 Course Attributes: History-Asia,Africa,LA Region, Humanities Elect/Integrations, Peace & Justice Studies Minor College of Arts & Sciences History