AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK CULTURE   [Archived Catalog]
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog
   

AFRCNA 1108 - AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK CULTURE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore several aspects of African American folk culture being defined as non-elite expressions of art, music, dance, theatre, literature, humor, material culture, and religious beliefs. Particular attention will be given to the role of folklore in the perpetuation and transmission of shared cultural knowledge among blacks in the United States.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.


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