ASRC 1812

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ASRC 1812
FWS: What is Blackness?

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

What is Blackness? Is it a monolith, or does it develop new features or identities as the African diaspora spreads to different parts of the globe? And why have thinkers written about Blackness in differing ways? We will explore the literature on race as it pertains to Blackness, including authors such as Cheikh Anta Diop, Frantz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral, Walter Rodney, and others. Students will have the opportunity to engage, study, and write about the various ways Blackness has been conceptualized.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (WRT-AG)
Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20262 ASRC 1812   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Taal, M

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.