Topic: Girl's Activism in the 21st Century

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This course explores the geographies of girlhood in transnational and global contexts with special consideration given to the socio-cultural and geopolitical construction of girlhood. Drawing from a range of disciplines, girlhood studies centers girls' voices and perspectives while simultaneously recognizing the ways in which girlhoods are shaped by ever-changing economic, political, cultural, familial, national and global systems of power. In this course, we will trace the production and consumption of 'the girl' in diverse geopolitical locations. This exercise in mapping the geographies of transnational girlhood allows us to reconsider what it is that we think we know about girls' lives in the Global South (and subsequently the Global North), generating new perspectives, understandings, and opportunities for relational solidarity and growth.