A new course that will focus on concepts of ethnicity, immigration,
and identity will be offered at USM/Lewiston-Auburn starting
July 6.
This course, Ethnicity and Immigration, will explore how
ethnic identity is defined, why people emigrate, and the importance
of inter-group relations. Through readings, films, and class
discussions, students will also address the notions of stereotyping,
discrimination, assimilation, pluralism, and trans-generational
transformation of immigrant populations. In addition, a significant
aspect of the course will involve recording the "immigrant
experience" through student interviews of immigrants
as well as members of "settled" populations in the
Maine community.
The instructor for this course will be Mark Silber, Ph.D.,
cultural anthropologist and author of several oral history
and photo-documentary books, including Rural Maine, The Family
Album, Racing Stock, Thoreau Country, and Where is Rumford?
He also coauthored with his brother Terry The Complete Book
of Everlastings.
This three-credit course (SBS 399) will meet Mondays and
Wednesdays, 7:00-9:30 p.m., from July 6 to August 17. Registration
is open for this and other summer session courses that begin
next month at USM/L-A. The complete summer session course
guide is available
on-line. Please call 753-6500 for more information, advising
assistance, or to request a copy of the summer schedule.
