Course Catalog - 2009-2010

     

SWGS 487 - BLACK FEMINISM, THEORY&HISTORY

Long Title: BLACK FEMINISM, THEORY AND HISTORY
Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Seminar investigates the experiences of black women in the United States from the gendered origins of racial slavery in the British North American colonies, through 19th century slavery and into the Black Power movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Focus will be on black women's words, ideas and deeds. Cross-list: HIST 487.