CHID 400 A: Horror Genres and Colonialism: Politics of Haunting

HORROR GENRES AND COLONIALISM - POLITICS OF HAUNTING (AH, SSC, DIV) ___ THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO THINK WITH HAUNTING, HORROR, AND GHOSTS AS ENTRY POINTS INTO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POLITICS, CULTURE, VIOLENCE, AND POWER. WHAT DO INDIGENOUS ZOMBIE FILMS TELL US ABOUT COLONIALISM? HOW MIGHT HORROR FILMS SPEAK TO MISOGYNY, POLITICAL, AND RACIAL VIOLENCE? CAN WE THINK ABOUT HAUNTING AS ANTI-COLONIAL PRACTICE? WHAT CAN DRACULA AND FRANKENSTEIN TELL US ABOUT THE ANXIETIES OF MODERN CAPITALISM? STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE CRITICALLY WITH ACADEMIC TEXTS, FILMS, FICTION, ART, AND OTHER MEDIUMS, AND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A PROJECT INDIVIDUAL OR COLLABORATIVE RELATED TO THE THEMES OF THE COURSE.