In this course we will examine the U.S. Justice System through its representations in (popular) culture, including memoirs, short stories, film, TV series, social media, and paintings. We will engage with various components of the U.S. Justice System (legislation; law enforcement; the court and jury system; its prison system) and explore how they manifest themselves in different cultural expressions over time – covering works from the 19th through the 21st century. Addressing the phenomenon from a range of positionalities and perspectives, we will place a particular focus on how the different representations of the U.S. Justice System engage with the production of inequalities along the intersecting axes of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation.
Given that we will have another digital semester, please sign up via Agnes. Please also make sure to be available during the seminar’s allotted time slot.
Requirements:
“Spezielle Arbeitsleistungen” (within the seminar): Bachelor students will write summaries about the additional discussions and meetings and/or a personal response paper (ca. 3 pages) about one of the primary texts.
For the entire module (MAP) BA students have to write a term paper (15 pages) in Module 14. For Module 8 the exam takes place in the other courses of the module. Gender Studies students please ask. |
