CHID 480 C: Special Topics: Advanced Study of the History of Ideas

"FROM SLAVERY TO PRISON: RACE, GENDER, AND THE AFTERLIVES OF SLAVERY" (VLPA) THIS COURSE EXAMINES HOW CULTURAL, THEORETICAL, AND ACTIVIST TEXTS DEVELOP ACCOUNTS OF HISTORY THAT LINK THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX TO RACIAL SLAVERY. COURSE TEXTS ENGAGE CONVERSATIONS IN HISTORY AND AMERICAN STUDIES THAT COLLECTIVELY CHALLENGE THE DOMINANT NARRATIVE THAT U.S. SLAVERY ENDED IN 1865 AND ARGUE THAT THE LOGICS OF RACE AND GENDER, FORMS OF DISPOSSESSION, AND PRACTICES OF EXPLOITATION ENDEMIC TO SLAVERY PERSIST IN CONTEMPORARY FORMATIONS OF INCARCERATION. OVER THE QUARTER, STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE COURSE ARGUMENTS AND PRIMARY DOCUMENTS IN A SERIES OF WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS AND DIGITAL PROJECTS.