English C136
Topics in American Studies: New Orleans
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
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| 1 | Fall 2017 | Wagner, Bryan
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TTh 2-3:30 | 140 Barrows |
Book List
Asbury, Herbert: The French Quarter; Bechet, Sidney: Treat It Gentle; Evans, Freddi: Congo Square; Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo: Africans in Colonial Louisiana; Hurston, Zora Neale: Mules and Men; Lomax, Alan: Mister Jelly Roll; Powell, Lawrence: The Accidental City; Tallant, Robert: Gumbo Ya Ya
Other Readings and Media
Documentaries: Always for Pleasure (Les Blank, 1978), All on a Mardi Gras Day (Royce Osborn, 2003), When the Levees Broke (Spike Lee, 2006).
All other texts and images will be made available on BCourses in PDF format.
Description
We will consider the representation of New Orleans in four related formats: (1) historical monograph, (2) folklore collection, (3) as-told-to autobiography, and (4) cinematic documentary. Our premise is that New Orleans is stranger than fiction.
This class is cross-listed with American Studies C111E, section 1.
Other Recent Sections of This Course
spring, 2022 |
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C136/1 |
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fall, 2021 |
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C136/1 |
Topics in American Studies: American Culture in the Age of Obama |
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