The American South is frequently conceived as the Problem South defined by its experiences of military defeat and occupation economic backwardness and a brutal slave legacy In this unit we will investigate the idea of the South in a range of literary and visual texts by examining its most compelling tropes the southern belle poor whites the plantation to contemplate the regions fundamental importance to conceptions of the nation itself and the value of thinking regionally
Unit details and rules
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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Prohibitions
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Assumed knowledge
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Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Sarah Gleeson-White, sarah.gleeson-white@sydney.edu.au |
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