Performing Black Womanhood:Theorizing African American Women's Identity in 20thC Politics & Culture
AFAM 307
Spring 2015 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 369, AMST 312 |
African American women's identity is a highly contested social, cultural, and political--not to mention deeply personal--site. Throughout the 20th century, black and white men and white women generated the dominant images of black women in literature, theater, film, music, and the media, casting them as mammy, peola, jezebel, welfare queens, quota queens, and nappy-headed hos. Cultural producers, politicians, and spin doctors have dismissed, castigated, objectified, sexualized, and demonized black women. Yet, simultaneously, black women have defined themselves and fought bitterly to claim control of their bodies, representations, and rights as citizens of the United States. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
A complete list will be available at Broad Street Books, but will include:
Lorraine Hansberry, TO BE YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK
Elizabeth Alexander, THE VENUS HOTTENTOT POEMS
Farah Jasmine Griffin, IF YOU CAN'T BE FREE, BE A MYSTERY: IN SEARCH OF BILLIE HOLIDAY
M. Bennett & V. Dickerson, RECOVERING THE BLACK FEMALE BODY
Saphire, PUSH
Ange-Marie Hancock, THE POLITICS OF DISGUST
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Examinations and Assignments:
Attendance, participation in class discussions, class presentation, four-page analytical essay, presentation of research, 16-page research paper. |
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