Winter Term 2019 Theories of Race and Ethnicity - 1942 - ETST 301 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor Catalog Description : This seminar examines and critiques prominent theories/theorists of race and ethnicity. We review the origins of the concept of race and discuss both the biological myth and social reality of race. We survey primordialist, constructivist, assimilationist, and conflict theories of race and ethnicity; structural, intersectional, culturalist and critical approaches; and the re-emergence of biological theories of race in the genomic age. PREREQUISITES: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor Attributes: GER Dimens Diversity, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs
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