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Tyina Leaneice Steptoe
AFRAM 270
Seattle Campus

The Jazz Age

Interdisciplinary study of period after World War I to Great Crash. Afro-American and Anglo-American currents and impulses that flowed together in the Roaring Twenties. Covers politics of normalcy, economics of margin, literature of indulgence and confusion, transformation of race relations, and cultural influence of jazz. Offered: jointly with HSTAA 270.

Class description

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Lecture and discussion

Recommended preparation

Either AFRAM 101 or 150 is suggested.

Class assignments and grading

The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.

Last Update by Jerome K. Dotson
Date: 10/19/2009