Geographies of Freedom: Race, Space, and Gender in the Caribbean

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S312E

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AFAM

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<p>Course cancelled. Online Course. An examination of configurations of space and place in Caribbean thought. We will explore how space and place have been represented, constructed, and imagined in literary and theoretical texts. We will focus on issues concerning the transatlantic slave trade, colonization, and the postcolony, with particular attention to race, gender, and sexuality. Main topics include imperial conquest, the plantation, the slave ship, the Black Atlantic, the ocean, fugitivity, the urban, indenture, nature, tourism, and diaspora. 1 Credit. Session A: May 27 – June 28. Tuition: $5070. Technology Fee: $85.</p>

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AFAM

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AFAMS312E

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202402

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30742

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H5A

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LMRM

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https://yale.instructure.com/courses/97973/assignments/syllabus

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Global Cultures and Social Issues

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AFAM S312E (CRN: 30742)

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Dates: H5A
Course Mode: LMRM, YCHU
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Distributional Requirements: LMRM, YCHU

Course cancelled. Online Course. An examination of configurations of space and place in Caribbean thought. We will explore how space and place have been represented, constructed, and imagined in literary and theoretical texts. We will focus on issues concerning the transatlantic slave trade, colonization, and the postcolony, with particular attention to race, gender, and sexuality. Main topics include imperial conquest, the plantation, the slave ship, the Black Atlantic, the ocean, fugitivity, the urban, indenture, nature, tourism, and diaspora. 1 Credit. Session A: May 27 – June 28. Tuition: $5070. Technology Fee: $85. (View syllabus)

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