<p>Seminar, three hours. Cross-cultural approach to study of imposture (assumption of false identity) as window through which to examine cultural modernity and national identity. Study of literature, history, and film from Australia, United Kingdom, the U.S., Near East, and South Asia as way of trying to define both hypocrisies and creativity of imposture. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

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Imposture and National Identity

HNRS 169

5 units