We shall read seven books and an essay, and [if possible] watch
a video and a movie. Here are the
materials:
First segment: Karl
Mannheim, Ideology and Utopia
Second segment: Richard
B. Lee and Irven DeVore, editors, Kalahari
Hunter-Gatherers: Studies of the !Kung and Their
Neighbors
Edwin
Wilmsen, Land Filled With Flies
Third Segment: Henry
Louis Gates, Jr., The Signifying Monkey
Zora
Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching
GodAlice Walker, The Color Purple
Coda: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
Edward Said, "Jane Austen and Empire" in Culture and Imperialism
With the Coda, it is highly desirable that students watch
the 1999 movie of Mansfield Park made
by the Canadian director Patricia Rozema.
Lee and his associates made a 50 minute video of the !Kung called "Man
the Hunter," I believe, and if anyone can find it on-line somehow,
watching it would be very useful.
There it is, folks. I
believe that this will be one of the most interesting, sophisticated [although
not pretentious or obscure] and rewarding courses I have ever taught. I do hope someone actually sticks with it to
the end. But in the Blogosphere, one
never knows.
2 comments:
Mannheim's Ideology And Utopia is available free here: https://archive.org/details/ideologyutopiain00mann
Austen's Mansfield Park here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/141
On the plus side, since it will be on the blogosphere, it'll be around for others to read, join, and enjoy for years to come. :)
Excited about the Rozema movie. I love it and think she's underrated as a director (and her lack of success is probably a great example of Hollywood sexism).
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