READING SELVES AND SOCIETIES THROUGH AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY

Description

This course examines autobiography, memoir, auto-ethnography, biog- raphy, life history, and oral history as sites for the interrogation of race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, sexuality, and nation as concepts and lived experiences. Students will explore the ways individuals represent these aspects of their identity and how these aspects are shaped by larger historical, cultural, and socio-political forces. Also explored are the possibilities and limitations of these genres as sources and methods for humanistic and social scientific inquiry. Prerequisites: ADW 111/112.