PORT 3920 is also offered in Spring 2022
PORT 3920 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2017 | PORT 3920 Section 001: Topics in Lusophone Cultures -- Genealogies of Race and Writing in Brazil (18082)
- 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
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 30
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Critical studies of various aspects of Portuguese-speaking cultures (Portugal, Brazil, or Lusophone Africa). Topics may include popular music, visual/media culture, religion, diaspora, and Amazon. prereq: [1101, 1102, 1103, 1104] or [3001, 3003] or equiv
- Class Notes:
- Topic Title - Fall 2016: Reclaiming 'Africanness' in African Lusophone Post-Colonial Literatures and Cultures. Short Description: This course explores the concept of 'Africanness' in late 20th and early 21st century literatures and film from Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, as well as from Portugal by authors brought to Africa as children before the anti-colonial movements. Through these literary texts as well as film, students will also learn how to question African identity as distant from the eurocentric definition.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18082/1179
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2017 Portuguese Classes