Bad, Mad, and Sad: Literatures of Misbehaving Femmes

In this seminar, we closely analyze fiction and nonfiction writings, as well as films, that explore affective and psychological modes such as mischief, melancholia, and insanity as inflected by gender, race, and class. Readings may include works by authors such as Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, Nella Larsen, Andrea Long Chu, Ottessa Moshfegh, Jean Rhys, Shola von Reinhold, and Laurie Weeks.