Studies in American Culture (310-0-70)

Topic

Intro to Critical Mixed Race Studies

Instructors

Nitasha Tamar Sharma
847/467-6589
Crowe Hall 1-127

Meeting Info

Harris Hall L28: Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

This course examines the history and major ideas about multiracial people in the United States through the lens of the emerging academic field of Critical Mixed Race Studies. How have laws constructing and regulating race, gender, sexuality, and immigration led to national ideas about who "mixed race" people are? What accounts for the national obsession about inter-racial marriage and multiracial people? And how do people who identify with more than one racial category navigate life in this society? Critical Mixed Race Studies is a field that interrogates these discourses and analyzes them within the context of society.

Class Materials (Required)

Videos and a reader. These will all be available as free sources/pdfs uploaded to canvas.

Class Notes

Attending the first class is mandatory; if the class is full on day one and you are not there, I may drop you from the class to make room for others.