46-3215 Making and Unmaking Whiteness

This advanced seminar examines the cultural and political-economic construction of white identities in the United States and analyzes how white identities are reproduced, maintained, and challenged. How has whiteness been defined in relation to notions of color, race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nation, language, and non-white perspectives? In this course, diverse student experiences come into contact with the work of historians and critical race theorists. The course will also examine counter-hegemonic white identities and the possibilities of “unmaking” whiteness.

3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 46-2100 Cultural Theories