ClassInfo - Fall 2020 Asian :26 Middle Eastern Studies Classes

Fall 2020 | AMES 3867 Section 001: Orientalism and the Arab World (31938)

Instructor(s): Shir Alon
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Online Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020

Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Open (13 of 30 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: This course explores the various manners in which "the Arab World" is constructed and re/presented in western discourses. Through scholarly writings such as Samuel Huntington's "The Clash of Civilizations" thesis and popular media such as television's Homeland, this course illuminates how the idea of a monolithic "Arab World" and quintessential "Arab" subject are constructed and re/produced for western consumption. Crucially, moreover, this course also examines how this re/production of the "Arab World/Subject" is integral to the construction of western identity itself, serving as a foil to western self-conceptualization. This course also examines how individuals and peoples who are the object of the orientalist gaze have attempted to respond to and subvert orientalist discourses and stereotypes, as well as scholarly critiques of Edward Said's orientalism thesis itself.
Class Notes:: This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
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