CHID 250/ENGL 316: Post-Colonial Zimbabwe & African Sexualities
"Once part of the
global British Empire and now officially independent, countries like Kenya,
India, Pakistan, Jamaica, Barbados, and Zimbabwe have performed and negotiated
their break from colonialism in sometimes different, sometimes similar ways.
Our investigation of postcolonial literatures and theory will help us better
understand:
--historical colonial power and anticolonial conflict
--present day cultural legacies of imperialism in the recently independent postcolony
--who has power and privilege over others and why
--the role of travel, diaspora and globalization.
We will read literature from Zimbabwe to glean insight on that country’s cultural and literary scene, and to discuss how emblematic Zimbabwean literature might be to larger postcolonial concerns. Additionally, we will screen films, dabble in theory, and try to piece together how our world works now and how that came to be. This class will engage with issues of gender, sexuality, race, feminism, patriarchy, globalization, westernization, class, privilege, power and representation."
--historical colonial power and anticolonial conflict
--present day cultural legacies of imperialism in the recently independent postcolony
--who has power and privilege over others and why
--the role of travel, diaspora and globalization.
We will read literature from Zimbabwe to glean insight on that country’s cultural and literary scene, and to discuss how emblematic Zimbabwean literature might be to larger postcolonial concerns. Additionally, we will screen films, dabble in theory, and try to piece together how our world works now and how that came to be. This class will engage with issues of gender, sexuality, race, feminism, patriarchy, globalization, westernization, class, privilege, power and representation."
The following are my best works from this class. From classism, power and corruption to colonialism and future consequences; these conceptual pieces discuss the diversity and complexity of our post-colonial societies. Please select a button to proceed.