History 278 - Colloquium: A Decolonial U.S. Women’s History

Colq: Decolonial US Wom Hist

Fall
2024
01
4.00
Jennifer Mary Guglielmo

TU TH 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Smith College
HST-278-01-202501
jgugliel@smith.edu
An introduction to U.S. women's history with Black, Indigenous, Mexican and Puerto Rican women at the center. This course is also guided by the cultural and theoretical work of women of color to decolonize knowledge, history and the world. Discussions include colonialism, emancipation from slavery, racial segregation and exclusion, industrial and neoliberal capitalism, imperialism, mass migration, labor, feminism, civil rights and a range of liberation movements in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis on the oral tradition and working-class cultures. Enrollment limited to 18.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.