WGS 240 - Special Topics: Women’s and Gender Studies

Spring 2021 Topic: BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT This course engages in critical examination of the key issues, assumptions, debates and political commitments that populate Black feminist thought. Foregrounding the centrality of Black feminism to anti-racism, resistance to gender oppression, and the emergence of the queer of color critique, this class centralizes Black women’s experiences as multiply minoritized and multiply marginalized members of our contemporary global and political landscape. We will analyze seminal theoretical texts and recent scholarship to work through the issues and questions that they raise. The overall aim of this course is to link, if not locate, contemporary feminist theories and practices with widely encompassing traditions of women’s political activism, theory, and cultural production. This class will be a capstone course, and will include a final paper showcasing students’ original research.   

* If cap enrollment has been reached, please contact the instructor for permission to enroll.  

**  Pre-requisite of WGS 110 or seek approval from the instructor.  

*** WGS students can count this toward the capstone requirement if they complete an additional assignment; see the instructor for details.

May be repeatable for credit.

Course Designation/Attribute: DI

Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually in Fall