Black women in Popular Culture

4 credits · Undergraduate credit

In this course, we will examine how Black women construct and are constructed by popular culture in the U.S. by building a set of critical tools that can help us navigate this rich terrain. We will explore topics such as the history of Black representation in the United States, representations of Black femininity, Black sexualities, stereotypes, and subversive media over a wide range of popular culture artifacts. Throughout the course, we will think deeply about questions of power related to race, gender and sexuality.