This course explores how diaspora subjects, the descendants of enslaved people, and world citizens, have borrowed and appropriated forms, styles, and genres to release new political and cultural possibilities. In doing so, it considers how Black Atlantic thinkers have sought to make abstract ideas about nationalism, modernity, and coloniality more legible, audible, and visible to diverse audiences. (3.0 credit units)
This course explores how diaspora subjects, the descendants of enslaved people, and world citizens, have borrowed and appropriated forms, styles, and genres to release new political and cultural possibilities. In doing so, it considers how Black Atlantic thinkers have sought to make abstract ideas about nationalism, modernity, and coloniality more legible, audible, and visible to diverse audiences. (3.0 credit units)