Study of Women and Gender 235 - Colloquium: Black Feminism

Colq: Black Feminism

Fall
2023
01
4.00
Jennifer M. DeClue

M W 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM

Smith College
SWG-235-01-202401
Seelye 308
jdeclue@smith.edu
An in-depth discussion of the history, debates, theory, activism and poetics of Black Feminism. Students study the conversations, ruptures and connections produced in dominant feminist scholarship by black feminist theory. The class reads foundational and emergent work in the field. Students learn the history of those scholarly interventions and examine the pervasive ways of knowing that are being disrupted through black feminist scholarship. Students develop an understanding of the relationship between black feminism, feminism, women of color feminism and queer theory. Topics covered using theoretical texts, works of cinema and popular culture. Students examine cultural texts alongside theory to practice close reading as a methodological tool. Students finish with the analytical and methodological skills to identify and critique structures of power that govern everyday experiences of gender, the body, space, violence and modes of resistance. Prerequisite: SWG 150. Enrollment limited to 25.

[CE] SWG 150

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.