Women of Color and the Politics of Experience

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This course explores the critical and artistic work of women of color about the complex politics of race, class, citizenship, gender, sexuality, and other categories of power in the lives of women of color in the U.S. and globally. The readings in this course will critically examine “experience” as an aspect in shaping theory, history, politics and culture. We will cover women of color feminist critiques of such issues as poverty and capitalism, nationalism as well as the politics of representation, location and coalition/community building.