In class
- Discussion of Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorti Spivak, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Bell Hooks.
- "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Orientalism in Film
- M. Butterfly clip
- "An Agony. As Now" Amiri Baraka
- "Primer for Blacks" Gwendolyn Brooks
Assignment
- Explore Decolonization Theory and Practice
- Read "Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor"
- Read at least one resource, each, in the sections:
- Conceptual and Resources
- Practice
- Explore Feminist Disability Studies, edited by Kim Q. Hall, reading the introduction and paying special attention to Part I, which offers examples of a theoretical framework.
- Write a response to the readings.