African Studies 222 - Colloquium: Fanta Faces and Coca Cola Bodies: Popular Culture, Gender and Sexuality in Africa

Colq: PopCultureGenderSex

Spring
2024
01
4.00
Kuukuwa Andam

TU TH 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Smith College
AFS-222-01-202403
Burton 219
kandam@smith.edu
This course uses popular culture as a tool to analyze gender and sexuality in Africa. It discusses relevant issues in gender and sexuality across the continent, using selected African songs and movies, which feature these issues as centralized themes. It also examines the lived experiences of African actors, musicians and artistes, both historical and modern, as a means of discussing social norms on gender and sexuality and their subversion. Enrollment limited to 18. (E)
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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