Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Introduces theoretical literature concerning the intertwined notions of tourism, cultural authenticity, and nostalgia. Encourages students to approach written texts and other media from a critical perspective, considering the context of both cultural production and consumption. Valuable to students working on issues such as orientalism, modernity studies, diasporic literature, and postcolonial litera- ture. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Course is repeatable as content changes.