Sex, Race, Class, And Hip Hop

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This course uses anti-racist feminist perspectives to consider hip hop as an art form and cultural artifact that reflects and shapes social values in the US and globally, particularly with regard to intersections of race, class, and gender. Emphasis is on hip hop’s role in resisting oppression and fostering social and gender justice. Usually taught online. May be taught on ground or as a hybrid course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR HONR 11100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Course Learning Outcomes 1. Understand that language and languaging play a critical role in structuring and distributing power and are key components in the construction of subjectivity and culture. 2. Recognize that gender is non-binary and that it and sexuality operate as systems of social stratification and intersect with other socially constructed categories such as race, class, disability status, nationality, age, caste, etc., to create interdependent systems of oppression and/or privilege. 3. Recognize that anti-racist, transnational feminist partnerships foster equity and social justice by resisting feminist and state imperialism and by operating within, between and at the margins of geopolitical and socio-cultural boundaries locally and globally. 4. Evaluate key concepts in anti-racist, transnational feminist perspectives and literary theories and apply anti-racist, transnational feminist perspectives and literary theories to interpret artefacts. 5. Synthesize theory and practice to advocate for and operationalize anti-racist, transnational feminist social change through languaging, literary study and artefacts. View Class Schedule