Malcolm Isla/Bl Masc

REL

303

Malcolm Isla/Bl Masc

This course will map the social and historical development of the concept and construction of African American Manhood and notions of Masculinity from pre-colonial Africa through the slave experience and finally up to the Emancipation. Using Malcolm X's life and legacy as a trope of black masculinity, this course will explore the variegated role that he played and continues to play in the radical Black imagination. Students will be introduced to the classical teachings and exegesis of the Islamic religion, however, the primary focus will be limited to its social and cultural manifestations in the black experience. Finally, this course will also explore several social and political movements including Garvey's UNIA and Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam in order to contextualize and historicize the trajectories and transitions of notions of black manhood, maleness and masculinity. Pre-requisite: ENGL 150

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes

029903