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Ethnic Literature

Ethnic Literature

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Ethnic Literature is a class at Madison College that explores literature and writings of diverse ethnic groups within the United States.  This course fulfills Liberal Arts Degree Requirements for Ethnic Studies, Humanities/Fine Arts, and Literature.  English 1 is a prerequisite. 

Ethnic Studies is a field of study that "focuses on the social construction of race and the ways that race and racism shape ethnic American reality".  To learn more, see what Credo, our online Encyclopedia, says by clicking the citation below.

Butler, Johnnella E. "Ethnic Studies." Encyclopedia of American Studies, edited by Simon Bronner, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Credo Reference, https://ezproxy.madisoncollege.edu/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/jhueas/ethnic_studies/0. Accessed 10 Aug 2016.