| Week # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Course | Viewing: American Tongues. Louis Alvarez and Andy Kolker. Center for New American Media, 1998. |
| 2 | Studying Identity and Difference: Concepts | |
| 3 | Analytic Perspectives: Bodies | Viewing: One in 2000. Ajae Clearway. Polyvinyl Pictures, 2007. |
| 4 | Analytic Perspectives: What is "Identity?" "Difference?" | |
| 5 | Analytic Perspectives: Deviance | First draft of first written assignment due in class |
| 6 | Deviance and Stigma: The Outer Limits of Identity | First written assignment handed back, with comments |
| 7 | Sexuality |
Final draft of first written assignment due Viewing: Sunflowers. J. P. Tepnapa. SkyAngel Films, 2001. |
| 9 | Gender |
First draft of first written assignment due Viewing: You Don't Know Dick. Bestor Cram and Candace Schermerhorn. Northern Light Productions, 1996. |
| 10 | Religion; Social Class |
Second written assignment handed back, with comments Viewing: People Like Us: Social Class in America. Louis Alvarez and Andy Kolker. Center for New American Media, 2001. |
| 11 | Ethnicity |
Final draft of second written assignment due Viewing: Black Indians: An American Story. Chip Richie and Daniel Blake Smith. Rich-Heape Films, 2001. Optional first draft of third written assignment due in the next week |
| 13 | Race |
Optional first draft of third written assignment handed back, with comments Viewing: Selections from bro' Town. The Naked Samoans. Firehorse Films, 2004-2009. |
| 14 | Race, Gender, Ethnicity I |
Final draft of third written assignment due Viewing: One of African American Lives: Listening to Our Past. Graham Judd. Kunhardt Productions, 2006. Me Broni Ba (My White Baby). Akosua Adoma Owasu and Adowa Adu-Gyamfi. 2009. |
| 15 | Race, Gender, Ethnicity II |
Student presentations Viewing: Miss Navajo. Billy Luther. World of Wonder, 2007. |