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 literature. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Course is repeatable as content changes.