Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Inspired by Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out (2017), use of horror films and fiction of artists like Peele, George A. Romero, Kasi Lemmons, Tananarive Due, and Toni Morrison--as well as short films by artists like activist Bree Newsome--to examine scope, role, and impact of Black horror, subset of horror genre that binds elements of history, sexuality, sociology, politics, African-based religions such as Vodun/Vodou, and morality tales to create mirror through which to view true-life struggles facing black population. P/NP or letter grading.
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5-10 hrs/week
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Very fun class, grade is based on a midterm multiple choice with no time limit and 2 short essays. lecture reflections. blog posts graded on completion. And a final essay that is graded very leneiantly
this is such a great class. Professor Due makes it easy and the TAs are super nice and super helpful.
Great class very laid back as long as you stay up to date with the films and readings you should be fine.
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No group projects
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1 midterm
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No final
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