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AMCV 1611J – Sex, Love, Race: Miscegenation, Mixed Race and Interracial Relations

AMCV 1611J – Sex, Love, Race: Miscegenation, Mixed Race and Interracial Relations

Brown University
Fall 2010

Ulli K. Ryder

This class will explore the conditions and consequences for crossing racial boundaries in North America. We will take a multidisciplinary approach, exploring literary, anthropological, and historical writings along with several feature and documentary film treatments of the subject.

This class will start with a history of racial classifications in the US, with an emphasis on how/why Native American and Africans were differentiated from whites/Europeans. Over the course of the semester, we will explore key points/events that signalled shifts/challenges to (or consolidations of) racial hierarchies and categories.

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