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ESS107

Indigenous Environments: Literature and Film

Interdepartmental College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ESS

Course Number

107

Status

Inactive

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, EMES: Major-Environment Sci Elective, EMEV: Major-Env Stu/Sustain Elective, MENV: Major-Env Study/Sustainability, MEVS: Major-Environmental Science, ENEJ: Minor-Environ Justice Elective, ENES: Minor-Environment Stu Elective, NENJ: Minor-Environmental Justice, NENS: Minor-Environmental Studies

Course Short Title

Indigenous Env.: Lit and Film

Course Long Title

Indigenous Environments: Literature and Film

Course Description

Examines contemporary indigenous literature and film using an environmental lens to explore the ways these texts help understand past and present issues like displacement, resource extraction, and toxic exposure. Texts may include fiction and poetry by authors like Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, and Simon Ortiz as well as such films as Smoke Signals, The Return of Navajo Boy, and Zapatista. Although the focus will be mainly on Native American contexts, students will also have the opportunity to engage with global texts to consider how environmental injustice is perpetuated by globalization and transnational economic policies.

Min

4

Repeatable

-

Equivalent Course(s)

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