23010. Black Aesthetics
Black Aesthetics examines African American contributions to the visual arts, music and literature of the United States. Placing African American creativity within historical, sociological and political contexts, students may explore how black artists forged a creative culture that both illustrated their unique experience and identity and transformed the arts of the dominant culture within which they worked.
May be completed as a two- or three-course connection; at least two of the four areas (Humanities, Creative Arts, History, Social Science) must be represented.
Connections:
Arth 263 African American Art
or Eng 209 African American Literature and Culture
or Musc 272 African American Originals I: Spirituals, Blues and All That Jazz
or Musc 273 African American Originals II: Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Contemporary Jazz
with
Hist 209 African American History to 1877
or Hist 210 African American History: 1877 to the Present
or Soc 230 Race and Ethnicity
or Pols 327 Black Political Thought
or Pols 271 or Pols 371 African American Politics