Code: ENGLISH 2660

Title: Whiteness and the Working Class

Dates and Times: Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Rooms: TBD

Catalog Description: An exploration of the racial category of whiteness and its historical relationship to social class and power in the United States. Representations of the white working class in literature, music, film, and television will be analyzed alongside cultural histories of multiracial, antiracist labor movements in the United States. As a complement to cultural texts, students will also examine a range of introductory theoretical texts in the multidisciplinary fields of Critical Whiteness Studies and working class studies.