ClassInfo - Spring 2020 Gender, Women, & Sexuality Std Classes

Spring 2020 | GWSS 1914 Section 001: Debbie Do-Gooder and the White Savior Cat: Humanitarianism or Queer & Feminist Imperialism? (66142)

Instructor(s): Sima Shakhsari
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020

Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM

UMTC, East Bank

Ford Hall 170
Enrollment Status:: Open (6 of 20 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Why do we, as Americans, have the urge to help people in the "Third World"? Do people in the "Third World" need saving? What do Debbie Do-Gooders, some human rights activists, and white savior cats have in common? How does the "Third World" become the "Third World"? What is humanitarianism and how is it different from imperialism? How do we support local movements without becoming queer, non-binary, and/or feminist imperialists? What constitutes queer and feminist liberation? Can the subaltern cat meow? These are some of the questions that we try to answer in this freshman seminar. We will watch films, music videos, read stories and poetry, come up with white savior cat memes, and listen to people who work in feminist, queer, and trans organizations in different parts of the world to learn about queer and feminist activism, and to unlearn Eurocentrism.
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