Using a variety of print and visual media, this course will investigate the concept of multicultural society. The course will begin with a study of multicultural societies in settler colonial countries such as Canada and the United States. The second phase of the course will look at how national and ethnic identities and mythologies were created and sustained in a variety of European countries. The third phase of the course will be student presentations profiling minority groups of their choice.
Critical areas: Literary Studies, Film Studies, Media Literacy, Colonization & Othering, National Identity Theory, Cultural Identity, Social Identity Theory, Gender Studies, Indigenous Studies