ENGL 326: Representations of MiscegenationsPosted in Course Offerings, History, Law, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive on 2012-06-28 02:10Z by Steven |
ENGL 326: Representations of Miscegenations
Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut
Spring 2010
The course examines the notion of miscegenation (interracial relations), including how the term was coined and defined. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we will consider the different and conflicting ways that interracial relations have been represented, historically and contemporaneously, as well as the implications of those varied representations. Examining both primary and secondary texts, including fiction, film, legal cases, historical criticism, and drama, we will explore how instances of interracial contact both threaten and expand formulations of race and “Americanness” in the U.S. and beyond. How is miscegenation emblematic of other issues invoked, such as gender, nation, and sexuality? How do enactments of interracial contact complicate the subjects that they “stage”?