ClassInfo - Spring 2021 German Classes

Spring 2021 | GER 3610 Section 001: German Literature in Translation -- African Americans in Germany (65759)

Instructor(s): Jamele Watkins
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:: 9 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Meets With:: GER 5610 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Open (4 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:: Summer 2021

Course Catalog Description:

In-depth study of authors or topics from various periods in German literature. prereq: No knowledge of German required; cr toward major or minor requires reading in German

Class Notes:

http://classinfo.umn.edu/?watkinsj+GER3610+Spring2021

Class Description:

How have African Americans understood their experiences with race outside of the United States? African Americans have been migrating and circulating the globe for centuries, and it is only recently that scholars have considered the ways in which an abroad experience has been transformative for African Americans. In this seminar style class, we will explore why and how African Americans have used their experiences in Germany to express a new understanding of their identity in the United States. We will also explore processes of oversexualization, stereotyping, and translation (of Black culture) in addition to interrogating the politics of identity in our examination of Blackness in Europe.

Who Should Take This Class?:

Anyone interested in Germany and/or the Black diaspora

Learning Objectives:

· Understand that various culture products as forms of production that produce, perform, and/or contest African American identity and the construction of Blackness.

· Sharpen attention to how African Americans negotiate(d) identities in a variety of places (city/nation) during various timeframes of German history: colonialism, WWI, WWII, Postwar, Divided Germany, Unified Germany.

· Reflect on social signifiers of Black identity and identify markers of global racism.

Grading:

A-F or Pass/Fail options

Exam Format:

Oral midterm, Final presentation

Class Format:

mostly asynchronous

Workload:

Lead class discussion, present a biography, attend a certain number of synchronous classes

Textbooks:

https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65759/1213

Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:

6 November 2020

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