Spring Term 2023 Joys and Pains of Race in France - 4012 - FREN 485 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: One 300-level French course or consent of instructor. Catalog Description : This seminar examines the history and contemporary life of “race” in France, from 18th-century French essays on the “races” of man, to the removal of the word “race” in 2018 from Article 1 of the French Constitution. Alongside literary/film written and oral analysis, we will deepen our historical and socio-cultural knowledge of French and American concepts, e.g. universalism, laïcité, intersectionality, “color-blindness,” minorités visibles. PREREQUISITES: One 300-level French course or consent of instructor. Attributes: Non-English Language Instructn, Cross-Listed Course, GER Humanities Div, GER Dimens Diversity, GER BA Language, GER BMUS Language, 400-599 Advanced Course
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