AS 4435 - Women of Color Feminisms

Credits: 4

This interdisciplinary course examines women of color feminism and its historical, intellectual, cultural, and political formation. We will consider theoretical contributions of women of color feminisms such as “intersectionality,” “hybridity, expressed as borderlands,” and “coalition through difference” as well as women of color feminism’s critiques and strategies of resistance to oppressive forces. Exploring these theoretical contributions through writings, first-person narratives, fiction, film, spoken word, and music, this course explores issues of identity, representation, rights, policy and the significance of interesting categories of race, gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and nation in the lives of women of color historically and in contemporary society. While the course focuses on relationships across and within the United States, the nature of these identities, alliances, and texts often transcends the borders of the United States.

Prerequisites
AS 1512; ECII, or permission of instructor