Gender, Race, Colonialism
Budget: $10 – $50 USD
Topic:
Discuss ideas from Mitchell’s book Venus Noire and the primary sources (essays from Beyond Negritude). Explain and analyze the ways in which French national identity in the 19th century was informed by colonialism and defined in racial terms. The grading rubric will be the same regardless of the format.
• Why is culture an important site for understanding racial and gendered identities in modern France? How does it shape anti-colonial nationalism?
• Discuss and analyze examples from French literature, theatre, and popular culture to illustrate your argument.
• Make sure to describe the historic context in which these works were produced and consumed (what is happening in France) drawing from lectures and readings.
Write a paper
Write a 4- to 5-page essay with a thesis statement in the introductory paragraph that makes an argument to address the topic described above. One paragraph should describe, discuss, and analyze the Negritude movement.
Discuss ideas from Mitchell’s book Venus Noire and the primary sources (essays from Beyond Negritude). Explain and analyze the ways in which French national identity in the 19th century was informed by colonialism and defined in racial terms. The grading rubric will be the same regardless of the format.
• Why is culture an important site for understanding racial and gendered identities in modern France? How does it shape anti-colonial nationalism?
• Discuss and analyze examples from French literature, theatre, and popular culture to illustrate your argument.
• Make sure to describe the historic context in which these works were produced and consumed (what is happening in France) drawing from lectures and readings.
Write a paper
Write a 4- to 5-page essay with a thesis statement in the introductory paragraph that makes an argument to address the topic described above. One paragraph should describe, discuss, and analyze the Negritude movement.