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190079 SE M14 Bildung und Gender (2015S)
Intersecting Identities: Race, Gender, Class and Skin Color
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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The seminar will be taught in English.
An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von So 01.02.2015 09:00 bis Mi 18.02.2015 09:00
- Anmeldung von Fr 20.02.2015 09:00 bis Fr 27.02.2015 09:00
- Abmeldung bis Fr 20.03.2015 09:00
Details
max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Samstag 07.03. 10:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Samstag 21.03. 10:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Samstag 18.04. 10:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Samstag 09.05. 10:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
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Samstag
13.06.
10:00 - 16:00
Medien-und Methodenlabor Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Exam Mode:
One presentation (or discussion facilitation) during the semester,
active participation, and a research paper (or essay) at the end.
One presentation (or discussion facilitation) during the semester,
active participation, and a research paper (or essay) at the end.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Course targets:
Students will become acquainted with relevant aspects of colorism in African
American history, starting with the phenomenon of passing in the era of slavery
onward, to the emphasis on Black is Beautiful during the 1960s, to the concepts of
color blindness and post-racialism in the age of Obama. Using examples from
literature, film, television, print, and digital media, students will learn to
understand concepts such as self-internalized racism, beauty as social capital, and
double consciousness, a term coined by the influential Black scholar W.E.B. Du
Bois. Moreover, students will learn to look critically at Eurocentric standards of
female beauty and the prevalence of such standards present to this very day. At the
same time, students will engage in analyzing the commodification of beauty in the
realm of U.S. capitalism; all while questioning their own status as related to their
race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and color.
Students will become acquainted with relevant aspects of colorism in African
American history, starting with the phenomenon of passing in the era of slavery
onward, to the emphasis on Black is Beautiful during the 1960s, to the concepts of
color blindness and post-racialism in the age of Obama. Using examples from
literature, film, television, print, and digital media, students will learn to
understand concepts such as self-internalized racism, beauty as social capital, and
double consciousness, a term coined by the influential Black scholar W.E.B. Du
Bois. Moreover, students will learn to look critically at Eurocentric standards of
female beauty and the prevalence of such standards present to this very day. At the
same time, students will engage in analyzing the commodification of beauty in the
realm of U.S. capitalism; all while questioning their own status as related to their
race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and color.
Prüfungsstoff
The methodology of this course is based on critical pedagogy. In addition to hearing
short lecture inputs from the instructor, which will explain and contextualize
relevant theories and historical time periods, students are expected to actively
participate in class dialogue. This includes preparing the assigned readings in
advance as well as working on a research project on course topics of their choice.
Students are encouraged to keep a journal which will help them to come to terms
with their own experiences and observations inside and outside the classroom that
are informed by the intersections of various identity categories. The class will also
employ Moodle to facilitate blended learning.
short lecture inputs from the instructor, which will explain and contextualize
relevant theories and historical time periods, students are expected to actively
participate in class dialogue. This includes preparing the assigned readings in
advance as well as working on a research project on course topics of their choice.
Students are encouraged to keep a journal which will help them to come to terms
with their own experiences and observations inside and outside the classroom that
are informed by the intersections of various identity categories. The class will also
employ Moodle to facilitate blended learning.
Literatur
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
WM-M14
Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:37
gender, class, and skin color in U.S. society and beyond. Overall, the class will study
discourses of privilege and prejudice as (re)presented in a variety of media outlets,
with a specific focus on the significance of skin color for Black women. Colorism,
which is a form of intra-racial discrimination that generally favors light skin over
dark skin and adheres to white beauty ideals, is a global phenomenon. It is
particularly prominent in the African American community, however, where it is
seen as a legacy of slavery, having resulted from an internalization of white
dominant standards of beauty. In addition to reading selected fiction of African
American literature (such as Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye) students will critically
work with foundational texts on intersectionality theory and Black feminist thought to understand the now common concept of intersecting factors that play a role in domination and oppression of social groups. With the help of these texts, the relationship among a series of identity categories will be studied. Based on this awareness students will learn about colorism as a specific form of prejudice within a racial or ethnic community and how discourses of skin color are influenced by gender and class. The knowledge gained from such analyses will then be used to look at intersecting identities in different geographical contexts, such as Austria and Germany. This will help course participants gain an understanding of race, gender, class, and skin color in contemporary educational contexts and in the students’
immediate social surroundings.