Fall 2019  |  GWSS 5406 Section 001: Black Feminist Thought in the American and African Diasporas (35173)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GWSS 4406 Section 001
AFRO 4406 Section 001
AFRO 5406 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall 400
Enrollment Status:
Open (2 of 4 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Critically examines spatiality of African descendant women in Americas/larger black diaspora. Writings from black feminist/queer geographies, history, contemporary cultural criticism. Recent black feminist theorizing.
Class Description:
Topic: Black Women, Resistance, and Global Social Change We will develop diverse answers to these questions: * How have African descendent women enacted political resistance in the U.S. and the African diaspora? * What are the primary issues that black women have addressed in their community work? * How have black women worked across racial-ethnic difference to pursue social justice and equality? In this course we will examine how black women have promoted social change in the U.S. and abroad by challenging social inequalities. We will study iconic black women in who sparked global social movements to challenge the combined effects of racism, (hetero)sexism, and colonialism globally. These women include Claudia Jones, Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm, Wangari Maathi, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Barbara Lee, and others. We will reflect upon how black women scholars have defined and refined the concept of ?intersectionality? to advocate for new ways of studying democracy, civic participation and social movements in the diverse black diasporas. Finally, this course will introduce students to new ways of thinking about politics, careers in advocacy and social justice in diverse black communities, and how to conduct black feminist research across the humanities and social sciences. Selected Reading List: Black Women, Cultural Images, and Social Policy (2009) by Julia Jordan-Zachery Sister Citizen: For Black Women Who Have Considered Suicide When Politics Was Enough (2011) by Melissa Harris Perry Urban Black Women and the Politics of Resistance (2013) by Zenzele Isoke Creating Africa in America: Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City (2004) by Jacqueline Copeland-Carson. Negras in Brazil: Reinvisioning Black Women, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity by Kia Lilly Caldwell 20% Participation, 60% Critical Essays, 20% Final Paper/Project 60 pages of reading per week, 25 pages of writing
Grading:
60% Reflection Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Workload:
40-60 Pages Reading Per Week
22-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35173/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
20 November 2012

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