Special Topics in the Humanities (370-6-30)

Topic

Lana Del Rey: Emotional Landscapes of U.S. Settler

Instructors

Madeleine Le Cesne

Meeting Info

Parkes Hall 223: Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

Lana Del Rey: Emotional Landscapes of U.S. Settler Colonialism

What are the emotional landscapes of the U.S. settler colonial state, and how do they show up in our own bodies? How does pop music both implicate us as settlers/settler colonial subjects and help us work through these feelings towards decolonial futures? This course will examine these questions via the discography of American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, whose body of work mines the emotional history of Americana and reproduces settler colonial imaginaries. Using Del Rey as a case study, this course considers the role of performance in crafting archives of emotion and mobilizing decolonial, abolitionist ethics.

Class Materials (Required)

All readings will be available on Canvas.

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area