Native American Studies: NAS 8

NAS 8

Perspectives in Native American Studies

07W: 12 07F: 11

The growing field of Native American Studies is concerned with topics and discourse found in a range of academic disciplines. However, the field itself is not defined by or limited to one discrete area of study. This course provides an overview of the diverse ways that Native American Studies engages the relevant intellectual and cultural questions of tribal expression, identity, traditional thought, continuity, and sovereignty. We will explore readings in the areas of: literature and literary theory, philosophy, visual arts, anthropology, philosophy of history, cultural production and criticism, and political discourse. The unifying purpose of the course is to gain familiarity with the languages of several disciplines, and to examine how their discourses are used to promote or inhibit the ongoing project of colonialism.

Open to all classes. Dist: SOC. Class of 2007 and earlier; WCult: NW. Class of 2008 and later; WCult: CI. Palmer.