Fall 2022  |  AFRO 8910 Section 001: Topics in Studies of Africa and the African Diaspora -- African Women Immigrant Voices. (33177)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
9 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Meets With:
AFRO 5625 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Tue 02:45PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Open (2 of 7 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
In Coming to America, a 1988 film which blends humor and romance with some fairly pertinent observations, an African prince travels to Queens, New York, in search of a bride who will be both an equal and valued partner in life's great adventure. In the thirty years since, the African immigrant story has become an intrinsic component of the booming canon of contemporary American immigrant literature, which includes such names as Edwidge Danticat, Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz, Chang-rae Lee, Gary Shteyngart, and others. This literary phenomenon mirrors trends identified in surveys and other similar data gathering activities. According to a 2009 study of the Migration Policy Institute, for instance, more than 75% of the foreign born African population in the United States has arrived since 1990. For these newcomers, Africa is not an imagined ancestral "motherland" impressed in collective memory. Nor is it a faraway continent of parental origin whose negative media portrayal oftentimes foments a problematic identification. Africa is a lived space, a home left behind, the anchor of childhood memories and - all too frequently - a horizon that perpetually beckons. As for America, it is the idealized land of freedom, prosperity, and opportunity that sometimes gives more than it promised, but generally disenchants. This course situates gender squarely within the interlocking contexts of dynamic, complex and ever-changing African and American landscapes.
Class Description:
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