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AMER 459

Race and Ethnicity in American Culture

Race and ethnicity in the US are treated here as constructed categories rather than fixed traits, and the course works through how those constructions get built, contested, and lived by groups ranging from African Americans and Latino/as to Irish, Italian, and Asian immigrant communities. You'll read theorists like Omi and Winant alongside primary texts, write two midterm essays plus a longer paper, give a presentation, and argue through the material in class rather than just absorbing it. As a senior AMER requirement, it pulls together the historical, literary, and theoretical threads from earlier coursework and gives you the vocabulary — whiteness, racial formation, the melting pot myth — to read American cultural production critically.

Credit3ECTS5FacultyFaculty of Humanities and LettersBölümAmerican Culture and LiteraturePreAMER 303 or AMER 357MüfredatY4 Güz

Değerlendirme 100% — 6 adım

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Midterm:Essay/written Midterm Exam I 20%
Midterm: Essay/written Midterm Exam II 20%
Final Exam Final Exam 25%
In-class participation Class Participation 10%
Presentations Quizzes 15%
Essay In-class essays 10%

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 1
Week 1.Introduction: Lecture on the Overview of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Readings: Royal British Racism and the Pandemic --Kimberley Ducey and Joe R. Feagin, “Concluding Thoughts: The Royals, British Racism, and the Coronavirus Pandemic,” from Ed. K.Ducey and J.R.Feagin, Revealing Britain’s Systemic Racism: The Case of Meghan Markle and the Royal Family (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 218-237. --Kimberley Ducey and Joe R. Feagin, “White Men Ruling and the Problem with Meghan Markle,” from Ed. K.Ducey and J.R.Feagin, Revealing Britain’s Systemic Racism: The Case of Meghan Markle and the Royal Family (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 122-152. Readings: White Racial Frame in the US history --F.Carl Walton and Stephen M. Caliendo, “Origins of the Concept of Race,” pp. 9-17. --Joe Feagin, “Creating a White Racial Frame: The First Century,” pp. 38-58.
Hafta 2
Race and Ethnicity Readings: --Joe Feagin, “The Contemporary White Racial Frame,” from The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 91-122. --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “Mapping the Terrain: Definitions,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 15-40. --Vivian Ibrahim, “Ethnicity,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 18-24. --Robert Jensen, “Whiteness,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 25-32.
Hafta 3
The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity: --Michael Omi & Howard Winant, “Part One: Paradigms of Race: Ethnicity, Class, and Nation,” Racial Formation in the U.S.(New York: Routledge,1994), pp. 9-50. --Michael Omi & Howard Winant, “Part Two: Racial Formation,” Racial Formation in the U.S.(New York: Routledge,1994), pp. 53-76. --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “A Constructionist Approach,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 75-106. ***In-Class Essay on Omi & Winant articles (Week 3) Recommended: --DVD—PBS Documentary America Beyond the Color Line (Part 2) with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews in Southside Chicago.
Hafta 4
The Social Constructs in Media, Popular Culture & Colorism --Stephen M. Caliendo, “Race, Media and Popular Culture,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 78-86. --S.P.Udayakumar, “Race, Ethnicity, and Globalization” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 87-97. --Nikki Khanna, “Introduction,” from Ed.N.Khanna, Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism (New York: New York University Press, 2020), pp. 1-35.
Hafta 5
Midterm Exam I (October 16, 2023) (Monday) --DVD film—Black or White (2014) & Discussion of the film Recommended: --DVD--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., PBS documentary (Part 3)
Hafta 6
The Making of Racial and Ethnic Identities --Katharina Natter, “Immigration,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 60-67. --Nina Asher, “Race, Gender, and Sexuality,” from Ed. S.M.Caliendo & C.D.McIlwain, The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 68-77.
Hafta 7
Cultural Racism: Prejudice and Stereotypes --Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, “The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism,” from Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), pp. 25-52. --Na’ilah Suad Nasir, “Wrestling with Stereotypes,” from Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement among African American Youth (Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2012), pp. 61-83. --Na’ilah Suad Nasir, “On Being Black at School,” from Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement among African American Youth (Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2012), pp. 84-108.
Hafta 8
Cultural Racism: The Politics of Toys and Racial Representation --Ann DuCille, “Toy Theory: Black Barbie and the Deep Play of Difference,” Skin Trade (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996), 8-59. --Institutional Racism: Barbara Trepagnier, “The Production of Institutional Racism,” from Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide (Boulder, CO.: Paradigm Publishers, 2006), 63-65, 79-84. --John Lamberth, “Driving While Black,” from Ed. Stephen K. Rice & Michael D. White, Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings (New York: New York University Press, 2010), pp. 32-35. --David A. Harris, “The Stories, the Statistics, and the Law: Why ‘Driving While Black’ Matters,” from Ed. Stephen K. Rice & Michael D. White, Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings (New York: New York University Press, 2010), pp. 36-64. ***In-Class Essay on Ann DuCille’s article
Hafta 9
Midterm Exam II—November 13, 2023 (Monday) --DVD—Excerpts from Selma (2014) & Discussion on the film
Hafta 10
Racialization of Ethnicity --J.Torkelson & D.Hartmann, “The Racialization of Ethnicity: The New Face of White Ethnicity in Postmillennial America.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 6.3 (2020): 302-318.
Hafta 11
Understanding Racial Conflict: Interpersonal Relations --DVD—The Butler (Lee Daniels Film, 2013): The role of the social context in black-on-black and black-on-white everyday understandings about white normative expectations from black people
Hafta 12
Understanding Racial Conflict: Interpersonal Relations continued -- Joe Feagin, “The Frame in Everyday Operation,” from The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 123-154. --Internet—PBS documentary The Sixties: The Years That Shaped
Hafta 13
Understanding Racial Conflict: An Overview on 1950s-1980s --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “What They Bring: Group Factors in the Making of Identities,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 211-246.
Hafta 14
Michael Omi & Howard Winant, “Conclusion,” Racial Formation in the U.S.(New York: Routledge,1994), pp. 137-144. Reflections on the 21st Century United States: What will Prevail and What will Change? --Stephen Cornell & Douglas Hartmann, “Making Sense and Making Selves in a Changing World,” from Cornell & Hartmann, Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 2007), pp. 247-266. ***Final Exam will be based on all the materials we have studied this semester. Good Luck!

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