AAS 436–Politics of Racial Ambiguity

Posted in Course Offerings, Identity Development/Psychology, New Media, Politics/Public Policy, United States on 2010-09-03 04:20Z by Steven

AAS 436–Politics of Racial Ambiguity
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Fall 2010

Rainier Spencer, Professor and Director, Afro-American Studies Program

Interdisciplinary investigation of contemporary American black/white multiracial identities, including analyses and assessments of the “multiracial identity movement” in the United States.

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AAS 434-Constructions of Racial Ambiguity

Posted in Course Offerings, History, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, Passing, Social Science, United States on 2010-09-03 04:13Z by Steven

AAS 434-Constructions of Racial Ambiguity
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Spring 2010

Rainier Spencer, Professor and Director, Afro-American Studies Program

Interdisciplinary study of miscegenation, mulattos, and passing in the United States. Focuses on the Afro-American context, using historical, literary, and cinematic sources in order to grapple with and gain an understanding of the complexities of American race and mixed-race, both past and present.

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