African American Futures of 1900 - Einzelansicht

What kind of future did African American authors imagine at the nadir of race relations of the USA? This course investigates still largely unexamined Afrofuturisms from the turn of the century. Students will hopefully gain a better understanding for the Black experience in the USA pre-WWI, and improve their academic and critical skills.

Three entertaining novels (Hopkins Of One Blood Johnsons Light Ahead for the Negro Hodges The White Mans Burden: A Satirical Forecast), secondary literature will be supplied and extensively discussed.

Essay due at the end of the term participation in a one-day conference on June 6. There will be no sessions on the 14 of June, the 28th of June, and the 5th of July. You are warmly invited to join this course please write a short email to the lecturer for further information.