(Meets with CMCL S727) Throughout the world, nations utilize resources
selected from the symbolic forms of local and/or folk traditions in order
to produce unity.  Also, around the globe groups express resistance to
domination with familiar symbolic forms such as ritual, song, and
narrative.  This course deals with the process that accomplishes this
purpose.  The process is most crucial in periods of transition or change.

We will be especially concerned with issues of gender and politics as we
examine how it is that representations, symbols, and metaphors are adapted
to serve the purpose of nationalism, whether it be as domination or
resistance.

Papers/Readings:  Students may choose any nationalism as their subject and
write two related papers on this nationalizing process.  The latter
portion of the class will be devoted to student presentations of their
research.  Readings will include international examples with a focus on
Africa.