3.00 Credits
This course explores the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class as it pertains to African American women. This class explores Black feminist theory across time (from the nineteenth century to the present-day) and genre (nonfiction, novels, poetry, music, and media) with a particular emphasis on contemporary criticism. Students will critically examine a variety of material on the positionality and priorities of African American women and cover topics including, but not limited to, family, political activism, self-care, intellectualism, and womanism. Such material include work by Anna Julia Cooper, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Tressie McMillan Cottom. Africana Studies (See AFST 425.)