ENG 373 SEX, MONEY AND SERVITUDE

An examination of the ways in which fiction grapples with the hypercommodified world of the last few decades. This seminar follows the paths of mail-order brides, financial analysts, sweatshop laborers, and eco-protesters to ask how fiction reveals the inequalities and possibilities of the global economy. Authors include Tom McCarthy, Ruth Ozeki, Tao Lin, and Edwidge Danticat.