HON392: Honors Seminar

In 2001, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic published theirdefinitive Critical Race Theory, acompact introduction to the field that explained, in straightforward language,the origins, principal themes, leading voices, and new directions of thisimportant movement in legal thought. Since then, critical race theory has gone on to influence numerous otherfields of scholarship, and the Delgado and Stefancic primer has remained anindispensible guide for students and teachers. Delgado and Stefancic have revised the book to includematerial on key issues such as colorblind jurisprudence, Latino-Criticalscholarship, immigration, and the rollback of affirmative action.  This second edition introduces readers toimportant new voices in fields outside of law, including education andpsychology, and offers greatly expanded issues for discussion, updated readinglists, and an extensive glossary of terms.

Critical Race Theory has become a dynamic, eclectic, and growing movement in the study of law. With this third edition of Critical Race Theory, editors Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic have created a reader for the twenty-first century - one that shakes up the legal academy, questions comfortable liberal premises, and leads the search for new ways of thinking about our nation's most intractable, and insoluble, problem - race. The contributions, from a stellar roster of established and emerging scholars, address new topics, such as inter-sectionality and black men on the "down low." Essays also confront much-discussed issues of discrimination, workplace dynamics, affirmative action, and sexual politics. Also new to this volume are updated section introductions, author notes, questions for discussion, and reading lists for each unit. The volume also covers the spread of the movement to other disciplines such as education. Offering a comprehensive and stimulating snapshot of current race jurisprudence and thought, this new edition of Critical Race Theory is essential for those interested in law, the multiculturalism movement, political science, education, and critical thought. Richard Delgado , University Professor of Law at Seattle University, is one of the founding members of the Conference on Critical Race Theory, and the author of Critical White Studies (Temple). Jean Stefancic is Research Professor of Law at Seattle University, and author of No Mercy: How Conservative Think Tanks and Foundations Changed America's Social Agenda (Temple).

Postcolonial Literatures in Context is a clear, accessible and concise introduction to postcolonial literatures in English (and English translation) and their wider contexts. It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of postcolonial literature including old and new diasporas, postcolonial nationalisms, indigenous identities and politics and globalization. Close readings of commonly studied texts from and about Africa, Australia, Canada, Palestine and South Asian diasporas highlight critical questions and ways of reading postcolonial texts. A chapter on afterlives and adaptations explores a range of wider cultural texts including film, non-fiction and art. The final section introduces key critical interpretations from different perspectives including diaspora theory, feminism, indigeneity and the postcolony. 'Review, Reading and Research' sections give suggestions for further reading, discussion and research. Introducing texts, contexts and criticism, this is a lively and up-to-date resource for anyone studying postcolonial literatures.

This is a comprehensive selection of key texts in post-colonial theory and criticism. It covers a wide range of topics and issues, and features nearly 90 pieces of writing. It reflects the diversity of work in the field and the vibrancy of anti-imperialist writing from both within and without the metropolitan centres.