Black Feminist Thought and Practice

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course explores the production and practice of black feminist theory in 20th century America. It examines the written work and the activism of African American women and looks at the ways their theory and practice historically intersect around questions of race, class, sexuality, nationality and gender. Using both primary and secondary sources, the course is also concerned with the various articulations of black feminism (e.g. womanism, critical race feminism, transnational black feminism, hip hop feminism, etc.).