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Fall 2021  |  SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality -- Contemporary Racializations: From Past to Present (34891)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
12 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Mon 11:45AM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Social Sciences Building 614
Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 10 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
4 seats reserved for SOC graduate students. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?elogan+SOC8290+Fall2021
Class Description:

In this course we consider the contemporary dynamics of racialization in the United States, with particular attention to how the past informs the present. Thus in our inquiry we will trace the line from slavery, settler colonialism and other forms of militarized imperialism to today.

Throughout the class, we think about how the organizing logics of different forms of racialization (such as black racialization as originating in slavery and the permanent dispossession of the black body; and indigenous racialization as originating in settler colonialism and the permanent dispossession of indigenous land) inform racial practices in the present day.

Departing from the premise that race is a social construct, we recognize that there is no objective or universal metric used to determine race and racialization. Rather, processes of racial categorization emerge historically and situationally, responding to the changing needs of empire, white supremacy, and settler colonialism, over time.

Building upon the work of Claire Jean Kim (1999) and others, we also closely attend to the nature of race as a relational construct in this class. This involves the recognition that there are multiple and interrelated axes of racialization in the U.S. (rather than a single black-to-white axis), and that different groups have historically been racialized in dialogue with and in relationship to each other.

The material we will review in this class this class is drawn from sociology and related fields - including indigenous studies, history, anthropology, American studies and political science. We will read academic books, articles, and op-eds by scholars, journalists and activists.

Topics to be discussed in the class include-

  • the case for REPARATIONS for the descendants of enslaved people (i.e. Coates 2014; Darity & Mullen, 2020)

  • the racialization of ARAB and MUSLIM Americans post 9/11 (i.e. Kusow 2006; Selod & Embrick 2013)

  • race and INTIMACY in the age of online dating (i.e. Curington et al. 2021)

  • racial identity and social movements in the age of BLACK LIVES MATTER (i.e. Khan-Cullors & Bandele 2018)

  • the triangulation and INVISIBILIZATION of Asian Americans in U.S. racial discourse (i.e. Kim 1999; Lee & Zhou 2015)

  • ILLEGALITY as an organizing trope of Latinx racialization, and its impact on social exclusion and legal vulnerability (i.e. Cacho 2012; Zamora 2018)

  • the racial quandaries and contradictions of WHITE LIBERALISM (i.e. DiAngelo 2018; Hagerman 2018)

  • the centrality of appropriations of INDIGENEITY to national identity and white masculine identity in the U.S. (i.e. Deloria 1988; Sturm 2011; Colwell 2017)

  • and others!

Students who register for the class in Spring 2021 are welcome to suggest readings and topic areas to the professor for possible adoption.


Who Should Take This Class?:

Graduate students interested in race and racialization, critical theories of race, race as relational, race as a social construct.

The class will be particularly useful to-

  • students wanting to TEACH at the undergraduate or graduate level in this area

  • those who are preparing a PRELIMINARY EXAM with a section or sections on race

  • Students wanting to develop an original RESEARCH PAPER with a major section on race

  • students preparing a MA or PhD THESIS in which race is a primary area of interest

Learning Objectives:
To make critical analytical sense of contemporary racial dynamics, to understand how the racial past informs to present, to understand how racialized groups are "triangulated" in relationship to each other in different (legal, cultural, social, familial/intimate, educational and political) contexts and contests. To understand how different theories of race are related to each other.
Grading:
  • 30% Reading response papers for 8 weeks of the class (students can skip 4 reading response papers)

  • 30% Participation in class discussion, including co-leading discussion 2 weeks of the class and preparation of discussion guide

  • 40% Final Paper, taking the form of a Critical Literature Review, or a Research Proposal

Students will receive feedback from me and from PEERS throughout the class.

Exam Format:
No exams.
Class Format:
Most weeks we will read and discuss a book or set of articles on a specific topic pertaining to racialization in the contemporary U.S. Students will lead class discussion in pairs. Several weeks of the class will be partially or fully devoted to development of the final project/ major paper for the class, including peer review of work-in-progress. Students will also have individual meetings with the professor about their work and ideas.
Workload:
Read ~ 12 books or sets of articles, provide reading response papers for 8 of them. Lead discussion twice, with a peer/ partner each time. Develop a final project consisting of either a research proposal or a critical literature review, over the course of the term.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34891/1219
Syllabus:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/elogan_SOC8290_Fall2021.pdf
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 April 2021

Spring 2020  |  SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality -- Things Fall Apart: Polarization and Precarity (65587)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Fri 11:45AM - 02:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
4 seats reserved for Sociology PhD students through 12/18/19. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8290+Spring2020
Class Description:
This seminar will explore the social roots (and branches) of political polarization in everday experiences and representations of class and race, highlighting intersections with on- and offline gender conflicts, debt and inequality, the opioid crisis and the "mood economy," mass incarceration and the culture of fear.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Social science and humanities graduate students with some grounding in social theory looking for a deeper understanding of the intersection between economic insecurity and political and cultural polarization.
Exam Format:
None
Class Format:
Readings with weekly discussion posts, short lectures and focused discussion. Lots of collaborative whiteboard work. Students will have the option of choosing shorter reading reports plus a term paper or writing 8 longer weekly memos instead.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65587/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 November 2019

Fall 2018  |  SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality -- Whites, Whiteness & Racism: Concepts & Realities (33498)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
Enrollment Status:
Open (4 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?liebler+SOC8290+Fall2018
Class Description:
This graduate-level course is about whites, whiteness, and racism in theory and practice in the contemporary United States. Course work will involve reading and discussion to understand theoretical approaches and prior findings, as well as community engaged learning to see how course concepts do or do not play out in real life. The course is designed to help students develop and articulate their own understanding of how the social construction of race categories such as "white" works, how whiteness exists and functions as a social and cultural way of being, and how various forms of racism can work within or against these systems and structures.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Graduate students
Exam Format:
No exams.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33498/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 February 2018

Spring 2013  |  SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Social Stratification -- Urban Marginality in Transnational Perspective (66827)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Seminar
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Wed 11:30AM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66827/1133

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