AMST 518 - Material Life in African America

Fall 3 Gundaker Note: (Not offered 2012-2013)

This seminar explores the world of things that African Americans have made and made their own in what is now the United States from the colonial era through the present. Topics include landscapes of enslavement and freedom, labor practices, architecture, foodways, objects, aesthetics, contexts of production and use, and the theories of material life, expression, and culture through which these topics are studied. Cross-listed with [ANTH 530]