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Apr 25, 2024
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LAS 276 - Consequences of War, Racism, and Immigration: Making Selves and Communities from WWII to the Present3 hours
American and European cultures in the 20th and 21st centuries have been marked by war and war’s effects: the displacement of millions of people from their homes and countries of origin and the destruction of traditional ways of life, entire communities, and families. We will see the shocks wrought by war and anti-Semitism during and after WWII in the diary of Anne Frank. We will also examine the social and spiritual divisions—and the many barriers to national unity—created by racial and ethnic prejudice against peoples in Europe and the United States. Finally, the economic and spiritual displacement and subjugation that class and racial barriers enforce in the contemporary United States is a related subject of our readings and thinking. We will ask questions about the ways in which war, racism, and the widening economic division into haves and have-nots in the United States leave lasting marks on our fragile sense of self and on our ideas of community health and the common good.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomores only.
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