124267 AR Cultural/Media Studies 1/2 (AR) (2016S)

Native American Celebrities

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from We 17.02.2016 00:00 to Tu 23.02.2016 23:59
Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2016 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Michael Draxlbauer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 07.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 14.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 04.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 11.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 18.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 25.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 02.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 09.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 23.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 30.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 06.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 13.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 20.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 27.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: The aim of the course is to make students aware of the difficulties of presenting and re-presenting (iconic) North American "Indians" from a (habitually?) hegemonic and literature-centered viewpoint and to encourage them to deconstruct the almost stereotypical "Otherness" of these consistently marginalized populations.

Content: This course will deal with the (often controversial) construction and 'marketing' of some of the most prominent "Indians" in US-American, Canadian and Mexican culture(s): Malinalli/La Malinche (c.1501-29, Nahua translator and mistress to Hernán Cortés), Matoaka/Pocahontas (1595-1617, of John Smith and Walt Disney fame), Catherine Tekakwitha (1656-80, the first Native North American Catholic saint, canonized in 2012), Si'ahl/Seattle (c.1786-1866, Duwamish chief), Louis Riel (1844-85, leader of Métis rebellions against the Canadian government), and Goyathle/Geronimo (1829-1909, Chiricahua-Mescalero medicine man and "the most hated Indian warrior" of his time).
Starting with the (often enough conflicting) historical and biographical data available, we will analyse how these figures were in time culturally, politically and commercially commodified and popularized as larger-than-life representations of North American "Indianness".

Methods: Discussion of (multimedia) texts and presentations in class.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance and participation in class, quality of the longer essay and the short research assignment (and their oral presentation in class), written test at the end of the semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

All the texts, images and film clips discussed in class.

Reading list

t.b.a. in the first session.

Association in the course directory

Studium: MA 844; UF MA 046
Code/Modul: MA5; MA6, MA7; UF MA 4A
Lehrinhalt: 12-4261

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