#Sayhername: Intersectionality and Feminist Activism (FGSS Gateway)
FGSS 205
Fall 2016
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01
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The hashtag #sayhername has been used throughout social media in the last few years to bring awareness to the ways in which African American women and other women of color have been both targeted and silenced by racialized and sexualized violence. This course aims to provide a broader historical and cultural context to this movement by "saying the names" of the many women of color who have organized feminist intersectional movements against racism and patriarchy. We will explore the ways African American, Latina, Asian American, and Native American women have challenged patriarchy within and outside of their own communities through both overtly feminist organizations and within movements for racial and class justice such as labor and cultural nationalist movements. Finally, we will look at contemporary expressions of feminist activism by women of color that problematize definitions of feminism. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS FGSS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (FGSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Readings for this course may include:
Gloria Anzaldua & Cherrie Moraga, THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK
Sonia Shah, DRAGON LADIES: ASIAN AMERICAN FEMINISTS BREATHE FIRE
Kimberle Crenshaw, et. al. SAY HER NAME: RESISTING POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST BLACK WOMEN
Jennifer Nelson, WOMEN OF COLOR AND THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Daisy Hernandez and S. Bushra Rehman. COLONIZE THIS!: YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR ON TODAY'S FEMINISM
Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard, and Dayo F. Gore. WANT TO START A REVOLUTION: RADICAL WOMEN IN THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, WORDS OF FIRE (selections)
Alma Garcia, CHICANA FEMINIST THOUGHT (selections)
The Latina Feminist Group, TELLING TO LIVE: LATINA FEMINIST TESTIMONIOS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short Response papers, Mid-term Paper (10 pages), Final paper (10 pages) |
| Instructor(s): Garcia,Elizabeth Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: ALLB004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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