New courses in Women's and Gender Studieshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Women-s-and-Gender-Studies/index.htm2009-07-02MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThe issue of race and racial identity have preoccupied many writers throughout the history of the U.S. In this subject, students read Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Louise Erdrich, William Faulkner, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Judson Mitcham, among others, as we consider the story of race in its peculiarly American dimensions. The reading, along with the writing of members of the class, is the focus of class discussions. Oral presentations on subjects of individual interest are also part of the class activities. Students explore race and ethnicity in personal essays, pieces of cultural criticism or analysis, or (with permission of instructor) fiction. All written work is read and responded to in class workshops and subsequently revised.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-742JSpring-2007/CourseHome/index.htmFaery, Rebecca Blevins2009-06-25T10:59:10-04:0021W.742JWGS.575JSP.575Jen-USSpecial ProgramsWritingmestizomulatomixed heritagemulticulturalheritageselfidentityethnicityintegrationassimilationracemixed ancestryhybrid populationsmultiple descentmultiracialitymixed-racemulti-racemultiracialwritingraceWriting and Humanistic StudiesWomen's and Gender StudiesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmFor students with experience in writing nonfictional prose. Advanced study of rhetorical strategies and techniques of prose style. Considerable writing and revision required. In addtion to analyzing the work of class members, students read and discuss the work of distinguished essayists chosen to represent a range of prose styles, subjects, and biographical patterns.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-745Spring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmFaery, Rebecca Blevins2009-05-07T02:17:27-04:0021W.745WGS.576SP.576en-USSpecial ProgramsComparative Literaturecooperatecompeteintersectdeterminants of identityincantatorylyricalpersuasiveinvestigativeexploratoryexpositoryidentitysexualitynationalityclassracegenderidentitiesprosenonfictionessayswritingadvanced studentsWorkshopWriting and Humanistic StudiesWomen's and Gender StudiesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmIn this course we will read essays, novels, memoirs, and graphic texts, and view documentary and experimental films and videos which explore race from the standpoint of the multiracial. Examining the varied work of multiracial authors and filmmakers such as Danzy Senna, Ruth Ozeki, Kip Fulbeck, James McBride and others, we will focus not on how multiracial people are seen or imagined by the dominant culture, but instead on how they represent themselves. How do these authors approach issues of family, community, nation, language and history? What can their work tell us about the complex interconnections between race, gender, class, sexuality, and citizenship? Is there a relationship between their experiences of multiraciality and a willingness to experiment with form and genre? In addressing these and other questions, we will endeavor to think and write more critically and creatively about race as a social category and a lived experience. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-742JFall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmRagusa, Kym2009-05-26T05:26:25-04:0021W.742JWGS.575JSP.575Jen-USSpecial ProgramsWritingHumanities/Humanistic Studiescultural studiesfamilysterotyperacismdiasporaimmigrationoppressionmestizomulatomixed heritagemulticulturalheritageselfidentityethnicityintegrationassimilationracemixed ancestryhybrid populationsmultiple descentmultiracialitymixed-racemulti-racemultiracialWriting and Humanistic StudiesWomen's and Gender StudiesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm