Feeling Black Feminism
AFAM 274
Fall 2023
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 275 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
In this course we will explore the connected histories of the "felt life of black feminism" (Nash 2019) and black feminist contributions to empower movements both inside and outside the academy. Our class proceeds by reading some of the seminal texts that circulate as theory in US academic black feminism alongside 20th and 21st century novels, memoir, and poetry to explore how black feminists articulate the relationship between their politics and the everyday psychic negotiations that comprise moments of anxiety, rage, tenderness, joy, melancholy, blackness, etc. This course engages in the study of collective minoritarian affect, feelings, and emotions as well as outlines their relationship to black and/or women's liberation movements. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS FGSS |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Sara Ahmed, The Cultural Politics of Emotion
Meri Nama Ama Danquah, Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
David Eng and David Kazanjian, Loss: The Politics of Mourning
Saidiya Hartman, Scenes of Subjection
Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic
Jennifer Nash, Black Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionality
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Examinations and Assignments:
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One presentation, one short essay, one final research paper |
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| Instructor(s): Anderson,Amanda Faith Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 14 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 6 | FR: 0 |
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