ETHN 164. African Americans and the Mass Media (4 units)
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Description
(Cross-listed with MUS 153.) This course will examine the media representations of African Americans from slavery through the twentieth century. Attention will be paid to the emergence and transmission of enduring stereotypes, and their relationship to changing social, political, and economic frameworks in the United States. The course will also consider African Americans’ responses to and interpretations of these mediated images.
Prerequisite courses
ETHN 164 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have ETHN 164 as a prerequisite.