Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; activity, 1 hour
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Prerequisites: MCS 001, may be taken concurrently; or consent of instructor
Description: Covers the political aspects of the superhero genre and its historical tensions with representations of black characters. Also explores how black superheroes speak to the cultural production system called Afrofuturism and its inherent celebration of agency regarding black subjectivity in the comics medium.