Black Women in the African Diaspora

Catalog description

This survey course reviews the contributions of Black women to the Black Diasporic Story. NMSU Specific Description This course critically surveys Black women’s history and experiences across the African Diaspora. Particular attention is given to Black women’s experiences in North America. Some of the topics covered include: Black women and the building of nation-states; Black women in the U.S. slave system; Black women in race and gender movements in the U.S. and Latin America; systemic and institutionalized violence against Black women; Black motherhood; Black Latinas and the politics of identity; representations of Black women in popular culture; radical activism and Black lesbian identity, as well as the emergence and growth of Black feminist theory and selected other topics. In addition, students will engage in an autobiographical project on a Black woman they select to study.