AJ16053 Britain Multicultural

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Thu 11:40–13:15 G22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
An important part of the picture of 'changing Britain' is its growing multi-racial population. This course will consider the problems, possibilities and development of the concept of multiculturalism in Britain in terms of national identity, immigration, integration and race relations. Some ideas of the post-colonial discourse will serve as a starting point for looking at the work of Black and Asian British writers such as Caryl Phillips, Timothy Mo, Farrukh Dhondy, David Dabydeen and Hanif Kureishi. Other materials will include essays, press-cuttings, TV documentaries, and film extracts.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Introduction Video: Black and White in Colour Week 2: Caryl Phillips: "The European Tribe" Video: Caryl Phillips: Playing Away Week 3: Gay Wilentz: "English is a Foreign Anguish" David Dabydeen: "Coolie Mother", "New World Words" Charlene Rajendran: "So Mush of Me" Week 4: Timothy Mo: Sour Sweet Video: Take Away Lives Week 5: Timothy Mo: Sour Sweet "Cases where the welfare services...", "Does society care about black kids?' Video: Black and White in Colour Week 6: Salman Rushdie: East, West; "The Raj Revival"; What is my single life worth? Video: Black and White in Colour Week 7: James Walwin: Black caricature Verity Saifullah Khan: "The dominant culture" Video: Hearsay Week 8: Farrukh Dhondy: Romance, Romance; The Bride Video: Asian Brides Week 9: Rahila Gupta: "Leaving Home" Tzvetan Todorov: " 'Race', Writing, and Culture" Video: Birth Rights Week 10: Hanif Kureishi: The Buddha of Suburbia Video: The Buddha of Suburbia Week 11: Stuart Hall: New Ethnicities Theodore Dalrymple: India Goes Native in Britain; Can a Liberal Society Tolerate Eastern Culture? Video: My Son the Fanatic Week 12: The Runymede Report British City Defines Diversity and Tolerance; In Ravaged English City Video: Birth Rights
Literature
  • MO, Timothy. Sour sweet. Vintage ed. London: Vintage, 1992, 279 s. ISBN 0-09-996200-4. info
  • DHONDY, Farrukh. Romance, romance ; The bride. London: Faber and Faber, 1985, 48 s. ISBN 0-571-13548-X. info
  • RUSHDIE, Salman. East, West. London: Vintage, 1995, 216 s. ISBN 0-09-953301-4. info
  • KUREISHI, Hanif. The Buddha of Suburbia. London: Faber and Faber, 1990, 284 s. ISBN 0-571-17128-1. info
  • SOLOMOS, John. Race and racism in Britain. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan, 1993, xiv, 279 s. ISBN 0-333-59328-6. info
  • Race and representation. London: UCL Press, 1997. info
  • 'Race', culture and difference. Edited by James Donald - Ali Rattansi. [5. vyd.]. London: SAGE Publications, 1997, ix, 300 s. ISBN 0-8039-8580-0. info
  • ABERCROMBIE, Nicholas and Alan WARDE. Contemporary British society : a new introduction to sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1988, xii, 538 s. ISBN 0-7456-0224-X. info
  • British cultural identities. Edited by Mike Storry - Peter Childs. London: Routledge, 1997, xxii, 350. ISBN 0415136997. info
  • HIRO, Dilip. Black British, white British : a history of race relations in Britain. London: Grafton Books, 1991, x, 355 p. ISBN 0-246-13618-920. info
  • JORDAN, Glenn and Chris WEEDON. Cultural politics :class, gender, race and the postmodern world. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995, xv, 624 s. ISBN 0-631-16228-3. info
  • Dictionary of race, ethnicity and culture. Edited by Guido Bolaffi. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2003, xviii, 355. ISBN 0761969004. info
  • GILROY, Paul. Against race :imagining political culture beyond the color line. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001, 406 s. ISBN 0-674-00669-0. info
  • Strategies for improving race relations :the anglo-american experience. Edited by John W. Shaw. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987, xiii, 226. ISBN 0-7190-1789-0. info
  • REX, John. Race and ethnicity. 1st pub. Buckingham: Open university press, 1986, viii, 148. ISBN 0-335-15385-2. info
  • BHATT, Chetan. Liberation and purity :race, new religious movements and the ethics of postmodernity. London: UCL Press, 1997, xx, 306 s. ISBN 1-85728-424-0. info
  • Identities :race, class, gender, and nationality. Edited by Linda Martín Alcoff - Eduardo Mendieta. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, xv, 428 s. ISBN 0-631-21723-1. info
  • YOUNG, Lola. Fear of the dark : 'race', gender and sexuality in the cinema. London: Routledge, 1996, 222 s. ISBN 0-415-09710-X. info
  • Write black, write British : from post colonial to black British literature. Edited by Kadija Sesay. 1st pub. London: Hansib, 2005, 374 s. ISBN 1870518063. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminar; Assessment: essay and participation.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=50
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007.
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