CULTR ST 715 / Modern and Postmodern Slavery

3 unit(s)

S. Searls Giroux (cross-listed as ENGLISH 715)

Although most people consider slavery to be a historical aberration confined to the distant past, the practice of enslaving people by violence and by holding them against their will continues to the present. This course offers a critical and historical investigation of the economic and political conditions of slavery, as well as the broader socio-cultural contexts that enable and legitimate its ongoing existence.