L.008.32130 "Outcasts United"

Lehrende: Jeannette Böttcher

Veranstaltungsart: Proseminar

Orga-Einheit: Anglistik/Amerikanistik

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Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 50

Voraussetzungen und Empfehlungen:
Einführung in die Fachdidaktik,
Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft
Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft
(Scheine bitte zur ersten Sitzung mitbringen!)

Literatur:
Warren St John, Outcasts United

Kommentar:
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town.

Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world's war zones—from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan. Suddenly Clarkston’s streets were filled with women wearing the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colors playing soccer in any open space they could find. The town also became home to LumaMufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to unify Clarkston’s refugee children and keep them off the streets. These kids named themselves the Fugees.

Wichtige Hinweise:
Please make sure to have read the book before the course starts as there will be a (graded) reading test in the first week!