Aug. 28: Review syllabus and overview of course
Sept 2: Labor Day Holiday (Monday) – College closed
LAST DAY TO ADD A COURSE
Sept. 4: The Power of the “Dressed” and “Undressed” Body
Bastian “The Naked and the Nude” in Dirt, Undress and Difference
Comaroff “The Empire’s Old Clothes” in Cross-Cultural Consumption
Hendrickson “Introduction” in Clothing and Difference, pp. 1-16.
Sept. 5 (Thursday, Monday Schedule): Classic African Dress – An Introduction
Gillow, Selections from “African Textiles”
Giuntini “West African Cloth: Techniques and Traditions”
Please use this map as a study guide for your upcoming Map Quiz. You will need to identify the following 10 countries:
1. Nigeria
2. Mali
3. Ghana
4. Togo
5. Senegal
6. South Africa
7. Morocco
8. Zambia
9. Kenya
10. DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)