From Uncle Toms' Cabin to Tropic Thunder
the performance of racial identity has become and integral part of the American racial imaginary. How are racial identities performed? How are racial identities complicated by relationships to power, gender, sexuality and nation? This course employs an interdisciplinary approach exploring intersections of the the popular with theoretical texts in Performance Studies, African American Studies, American Studies and Gender Studies. We will explore how theories of race and performance offer new ways to think about gender,race, sexuality and the construction of American identities. We will use this space to post commentary about each module of the course and to share our ideas about the texts in a digital space.
I look forward to sharing this journey with you- Nicole Hodges Persley
