Afro-American Studies 155 - INTRO TO BLACK WOMEN'S STUDIES

This course will examine historical, critical and theoretical perspectives on the development of Black feminist theory/praxis. The course will draw from the 19th century to the present, but will focus on the contemporary Black feminist intellectual tradition that achieved notoriety in the 1970s and initiated a global debate on ?western? and global feminisms. Central to our exploration will be the analysis of the intersectional relationship between theory and practice, and of race, to gender and class. We will conclude the course with the exploration of various expressions of contemporary Black feminist thought around the globe as a way of broadening our knowledge of feminist theory.