Black Feminisms in the Americas: Politics, Representation, and Queer Ruminations of Elsewhere
AFAM 246
Spring 2019
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 264 |
| Course Cluster: Queer Studies |
This course will explore Black feminist intellectual productions, highlighting the many theoretical, political, and critically imaginative elements found throughout early and contemporary works. Our discussions will reflect on power, the production of knowledge, identity, inequality, and the politics and perils of Black feminist struggle. Relying on a variety of texts and media--such as writings, visual & performance arts, poetry, music, and film--students should expect to engage with key issues and debates, along with the epistemological challenges offered by queer of color critique, trans/national perspectives, and social alternatives emerging from across the Black (feminist) diaspora. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM)(FGSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Related Texts & Media:
Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016)
Carneiro, Sueli. "Ennegrecer El Feminismo/To Blacken Feminism." (Translation, 2001)
Carruthers, Charlene A. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements (2018)
Collins, Patricia Hill. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and Politics of Empowerment (1990)
Cooper, Brittney C. Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women (2017)
Davis, Angela. Women, Race, and Class (1981)
Ellison, Treva, Kai M. Green., Matt Richardson, and C. Riley Snorton (editors). Transgender Studies Quarterly Volume 4, Issue 2: The Issue of Blackness (2017)
Ferguson, Roderick. Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique (2004)
Lorde, Audre. A Burst of Light: Essays (1988) & Sister Outsider (1984)
Spillers, Hortense. "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book" (1987) & "Introduction: Who Cuts the Border?" (1991)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Course Requirements:
Weekly Response Paper
Q&A Co-Facilitation (1)
Term Project & Exhibition |
| Instructor(s): Sneed,Chriss Times: .M.W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 24 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 8 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
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