Gerald McMaster, Trick or Treaty, 1990.

The Politics of

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Fall 2001

Spring 2002

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Syllabus

Please note that this syllabus will change during the term. Changes will be announced in class and you will be responsible for them. This on-line version will have the latest version.

 

Mario A. Caro, Lab II 3265, x6612, carom@evergreen.edu.

Jean Eberhardt, Lib 1401, x5112, eberharj@evergreen.edu.

Julianne Unsel, Sem 3167, x5496, unselj@evergreen.edu.

 

REQUIRED READINGS:

 

  • Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish: Birth of the Prison (1995)
  • Deloria and Wilkins, Tribes, Treaties, and Constitutional Tribulations (2000)
  • Sally Hadden, Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas (2001)
  • Walters and Foner, American Reformers, 1815-1860 (1997)
  • Amy Dru Stanley, From Bondage to Contract: Wage Labor, Marriage and the Market in the Age of Slave Emancipation (1998)
  • Anne M. Butler, Gendered Justice in the American West: Women Prisoners in Men’s Penitentiaries (2000)
  • Lawrence Meir Friedman, Crime and Punishment in American History (1994)
  • Robert J.C. Young, Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction (2001)
  • Media Module Only: James Elkins, Pictures of the Body: Pain and Metamorphosis (1999)
  • Media Module Only: Photocopy packet available at bookstore.
  • Maple Lane Module Only: Scott Malcolmson, One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race (2001)

 

All required texts are available for purchase at the college bookstore and on-line at various retail sites.  Additional readings marked RESERVED READINGS in the syllabus are to be found in a photocopied course reader available for purchase at the college bookstore and on closed reserve at the college library.

 

PROGRAM ASSIGNMENTS:

 

  • Weekly seminar papers – 1-2 pages.
  • Writing assignments.
  • Mid-term arts project.
  • Module assignments.
  • Portfolio – student’s comprehensive files and study log for the term.

 

This core program is reading and writing intensive and incorporates artistic projects as part of the learning process.  All program tasks must be completed to full earn credits.  All formal papers must be typed or printed in a reasonable font and double-spaced.  Class attendance and participation are required.

 

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

 

  • Interest and participation in program content and activities.
  • Seminar preparation and discussion.
  • Learning and academic growth.
  • Merit and academic performance, including timeliness with assignments.

 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

 

Monday

Visual studies lecture, 10-12, Lecture Hall 3

Integration seminars, 1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508

 

Tuesday

Photography module, 9-12, Photo Center

Media studies module, 2:30-5:30, Lib 1316

Gateways module, 12-4, Maple Lane

 

Thursday

Writing class, 1:30-4:00, Lcc 1007b

 

Friday

US history lecture, 10-12, Lecture Hall 5

Reading seminars, 1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508

 

WEEK 1, Jan 7-11 – Old World

 Mon, Jan 7

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture. Introduction to “The Body of the Other.”

 

1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Seminar introductions - Getting to know each other.

 

Tues, Jan 8

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module.  READING: Elkins, “Introduction and Chapter 1,” pages 1-69.

 

Thurs, Jan 10

 

1:30 – 4, Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – intro to research methods/quantitative reasoning.

 

Fri, Jan 11

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture - Winter introduction and goals; intro to concepts.  READING: Crime and Punishment, Intro.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading seminars – READING: Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1995), Part One: Torture, pages 3-69.

 

WEEK 2, Jan 14-18, New World

Mon, Jan 14

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture.  READING: Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1995), Part Two: Punishment, pages 73-131; Young, Postcolonialism, Chapter 1, pages 1-11.

 

1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Integration seminars.

 

Tues, Jan 15

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 4-6.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module.  READING: Elkins, Chapter 2, pages 71-106; Mason, Peter. “The Lives (and Deaths) of Fuegians and Their Images,” pages 19-54.

 

Thurs, Jan 17

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – library treasure hunts/self-guided tours.

 

Fri, Jan 18

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – Colonial America: overview of the Indian reservation system, settlement to 1860.  READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 1.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars.  READING: Deloria and Wilkins, Tribes, Treaties and Constitutional Tribulations (2000).

 

WEEK 3, Jan 21, Slavery as Institution

 

Mon, Jan 21 – Classes cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

 

Tues, Jan 22

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 7-9.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module. READING: Elkins, Chapter 3, pages 109-149; Rigoff, Irit. “Subjects/Places/Spaces,” pages 14-35.

 

Thurs, Jan 24

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b/ -- Writing class – topic and QR discussions, library time.

 

Fri, Jan 25

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – Political economy and social world: African-American slavery in the US, settlement to 1860.  READING: Crime and Punishment  Ch 2.

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars – READING: Hadden, Slave Patrols (2001). 340 pages

 

WEEK 4, Jan 28 – Feb 1, Family as Institution

Mon, Jan 28

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture.  READING: Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1995), Part Three: Discipline, pages 135-228; Young, Postcolonialism, Chapters 2 and 3, pages 15-43.

 

 

1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Integration seminars – art show workshops.

 

Tues, Jan 29

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 10-12.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Joint modules meeting – guest scholar, bell hooks.  READING: Elkins, Chapter 4, 153-202; Rigoff, Irit. “Mapping,” pages 73-111.

 

Thurs, Jan 31

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b/ -- Writing class – team assignments made, second library treasure hunt.  Initial bibliography and topic sentence due.

 

Fri, Feb 1

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – The Binds That Tie: family history and the law, settlement to 1860.   READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 4.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars -- READING: student’s choice.

 

WEEK 5, Feb 4-8, Economic Take-Off?

Mon, Feb 4

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture.  READING:  Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1995), Part Four: Prison, pages 231-308; Young, Postcolonialism, Chapters 4 and 5, pages 44-69.

 

1-3, Library Foyer / -- Mid-term arts show.

 

Tues, Feb 5

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 13-15.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module. READING: Elkins, Chapter 5, 205-243; Rigoff, Irit. “Bodies,” pages 144-170.

 

Thurs, Feb 7

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – team reports, QR/outlining workshops.  Expanded bibliography due.

 

Fri, Feb 8

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- US history lecture – The Big Bang: market revolution and northern class formation, 1820-1860.  READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 4.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars -- READING: Walters and Foner, American Reformers (1997).

 

WEEK 6, Feb 11-15, Going West

Mon, Feb 11

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture.  READING: Young, Postcolonialism, Chapters 6 through 8, pages 73-112.

 

1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Integration seminars.

 

Tues, Feb 12

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 16-18.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module. READING: Elkins, Chapter 6, 245-284; Trask, Haunani-Kay. “Settlers of Color and ‘Immigrant’ Hegemony: ‘Locals’ in Hawai’I,” pages 1-24.

 

Thurs, Feb 14

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – team reports, writing workshop.  Paper outline due.

 

Fri, Feb 15

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – Manifest Destiny? Westering expansion and the public domain, 1820-1860.  READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 5.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars -- READING: student’s choice.

 

WEEK 7, Feb 18-22, The Vacant Chair

Mon, Feb 18

 

Classes cancelled for President’s Day.

 

Tues, Feb 19

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 19-21.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module. READING: Kosasa, Eiko. “Ideological Images: U.S. Nationalism in Japanese Settler Photographs,” pages 66-91; Kaplan, Caren. “‘A World without Boundaries’: The Body Shop’s Trans/National Geographics,” pages 139-156.

 

Thurs, Feb 21

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – team reports, writing support.

 

Fri, Feb 22

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – Bloody Labor, Bloody Soil: sectionalism and Civil War, 1840-1865.   READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 6. 

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars -- READING: student’s choice.

 

WEEK 8, Feb 25-Mar 1, Great Transformation

Mon, Feb 25

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture.  READING: Young, Postcolonialism, Chapters 12, 13, 15, 16, pages 161-181; 193-216.

 

1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Integration seminars.

 

Tues, Feb 26

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 22-24.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module. READING: Vanderburgh, David. “Mixing Metaphors: Figures of Architectural  and Social Determination,” pages 115-138; Pollock, Griselda. “Territiories of Desire: Reconsiderations of an African Childhood,” pages 62-89.

 

Thurs, Feb 28

 

1:30-4 Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – conference presentations, writing support.

 

Fri, Mar 1

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – Big Bang II: abolition and industrial revolution, 1865-1890.   READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 7-8.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars READING: Stanley, From Bondage to Contract (1998).

 

WEEK 9, Mar 4-8, How the Rest Was Won.

 

Mon, Mar 4

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture. READING: Young, Postcolonialism, Chapters 20-21, pages 274-307.

 

1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Integration seminars.

 

Tues, Mar 5

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 25-27.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module. READING: Slotkin, Richard. “The White City and the Wild West: Buffalo Bill and the Mythic Space of American History, 1880-1917” and “Formulas on Film: Myth and Genre in the Silent Movie, 1903-1926,” pages 63-87; 231-254.

Thurs, Mar 6

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – conference presentations, writing support.

 

Fri, Mar 7

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – Colonial America II: Indian wars and the West, 1865-1890.  READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 9-10.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars -- READING: Butler, Gendered Justice in the American West (1997).

 

WEEK 10, Mar 11-16, Winter Conclusions

Mon, Mar 11

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 3 / -- Visual studies lecture.  READING: Young, Postcolonialism, Chapters 25-28, pages 360-426.

 

 

1-3, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Integration seminars.

 

Tues, Mar 12

 

9-12, Photo Center / -- Photography module.

 

12-4, Maple Lane / -- Gateways module. READING: One Drop of Blood, Ch 28-30.

 

2:30-5:30, Lib 1316 / -- Media studies module. READING: TBA.

 

Thurs, Mar 14

 

1:30-4, Lcc 1007b / -- Writing class – white paper binding party.  Long and short papers due.

 

Fri, Mar 15

 

10-12, Lecture Hall 5 / -- US history lecture – Transition to “modern times,” 1890-1920. READING: Crime and Punishment, Ch 11.

 

1-4, Lib 1505, Lib 1508 / -- Reading Seminars -- READING: student’s choice.

 

WEEK 11, EVALUATIONS, Mar 18-22

 

Individual faculty-student conferences to be scheduled.