ENGL 440A (01) - Honors/On Race in Culture and Society

ENGL 440A (01) - Honors/On Race in Culture and Society

Honors/On Race

Durham Liberal Arts::English
Credits: 4.0
Class Size: 24 
Term:  Fall 2025 - Full Term (08/25/2025 - 12/08/2025)
CRN:  16587
Grade Mode:  Letter Grading
Of our special concern will be the claim that race is a culturally or socially, not biologically, constructed category. The reading list will include literary texts (Toni Morrison's "Recitatif"), works of African American comedians (Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, etc.), philosophical texts (Immanuel Kant, W.E.B. DuBois, K.A. Appiah, etc.) as well as some legal documents (recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning affirmative action). We will also do two case studies, one on the name of Redskins and one the Whiteness Project. The general goal of the course is to improve the student's ability to speak and think critically about race and race relations in the U.S.
Section Comments: This course open to Honors College students only.
Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Only the following students: Honors College Admit, Honors Program
Attributes:  Writing Intensive Course, Humanities(Disc), Honors course
Instructors:  Petar Ramadanovic

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/25/2025 12/8/2025 MW 2:10pm - 3:30pm HUDD 224B

Additional Course Details:

ENGL 440 Honors -- Fall 2025 Course Details

Unique at UNH, class on race and class. Figure out how they are intertwined while watching comedy, reading works like Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif,” Henry Louis Gates’s Stony the Road, and William J. Barber’s White Poverty.

 

Booklist

Book Details
WHITE POVERTY 25
by BARBER Required
ISBN
978132409675 7
PUBLISHER
NORTON