HIST 6452

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HIST 6452
Dress, Cloth and Identity in Africa and the Diaspora

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

This course uses a multi-disciplinary approach to examine the importance of textiles in African social and economic history and the long engagement between African consumers and textile producers from other world regions.  It combines art history, anthropology as well as social and economic history to explore the role of textiles and dress in marking status, gender, political authority and ethnicity.  In addition, we examine the production and distribution of indigenous and imported cloth as well as the consequences of colonial rule and contemporary globalization on African textile industries and consumers. Our analysis also considers the principles of African aesthetics and dress that continue to shape the African diaspora in the Americas.

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 2452, HIST 2452

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18730 HIST 6452   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Byfield, J

  • 18731 HIST 6452   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies