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  "Searching for Our Mothers' Gardens": Deconstructing Motherhood in American Literature

Dozent/in
Nermine Abdulhafiz, M.A.

Angaben
Übung/Blockseminar
Rein Online
2 SWS
Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung, Der Kurs ist aktuell als reine Online-Lehrveranstaltung geplant. / The course is currently scheduled to take place entirely online.
Zeit: Einzeltermin am 6.11.2020, Einzeltermin am 20.11.2020, Einzeltermin am 4.12.2020, Einzeltermin am 18.12.2020, Einzeltermin am 15.1.2021, Einzeltermin am 29.1.2021, Einzeltermin am 12.2.2021 16:00 - 20:00, Online-Meeting

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
Given the challenges still posed by COVID-19, this course will be an online course.
Registered participants will be signed up by the instructor for a moodle course (Virtual Campus) and a virtual classroom on MS Teams.


1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in

  • LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
  • BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
  • MA English and American Studies
  • MA WiPäd
  • Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

--> NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature!

2. FlexNow-Registration: (all except guest auditors)
  • Course (de)registration: September 7 – October 30!, 2020 (first session: November 6th!)
  • ECTS (de)registration: January 1 – February 1, 2021

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/

Inhalt
This interdisciplinary course traces changing notions of motherhood in American literature and culture through different periods of time and across different races and ethnic communities, using a variety of approaches and cultural and literary theories. Motherhood has always been a contested terrain in American society. Together we will look into the complexities, contradictions, and socio-political aspects of the mothering experience as it has been constructed in various literary and other cultural texts. Is motherhood a universal experience, shared by the common lot of women? How do factors such as race, class, religion, sexuality shape and influence the mothering experience? Is there such thing as feminist mothering? Within the continuous debate of the public and private, where can we position motherhood? And how can we interpret motherhood as a politicized concept in light of racial discrimination, reproductive rights, immigration laws, and U.S. foreign policy? Furthermore, within the global capitalist market, we will look into how mothering is being commodified within the care industry.

Guided by these questions, our readings will explore various experiences of mothering within different ethnic groups in order to have not a single monolithic narrative, but a collage of diverse narratives that redefine and revolutionize the concept of motherhood.

Notes:
  • Participants are expected to read the primary novels, along with other reading materials, such as articles, poems, and short stories. It is important to do the assigned readings, attend classes regularly and engage in class discussions.
  • The course structure and other reading materials (apart from the novels) will be uploaded on the VC before the beginning of the semester.

Empfohlene Literatur
Primary Readings (Either hard copy or e-book):
  • Toni Morrison, Beloved
  • Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid s Tale
  • Mona Simpson, My Hollywood
  • Susan Abulhawa, The Blue between Sky and Water

Englischsprachige Informationen:
Credits: 4

Zusätzliche Informationen
Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 25

Institution: Professur für Amerikanistik

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