LTEN 179Topics: Arab/Muslim American Identity and Culture

4 units · LTEN · UC San Diego

(Cross-listed with ETHN 166.) This class explores (self) representations of Muslim and Arab Americans in US popular culture with a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Topics include the racing of religion, “the war on terror” in the media, feminism and Islam, immigration, race, and citizenship. May be taken for credit up to three times as topics vary.