Africana Feminisms

Catalog description

Beginning with the institution of slavery and carrying on to the present day, we will examine the field of Black Feminist Thought—or, the political, social, and economic forces that shape black American women’s lives. We will ask: How do black women's lives, labor, and cultural productions lay bare the limits of maleness and whiteness as dominant frames? Why and how do black women matter to us all? Together, we'll ride the three waves of black feminism to explore the ways black women’s cultural production has been consequential to notions of citizenship, liberation, and culture.