Feminisms in the U.S.: Intersectional Approaches

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This course introduces students to different interpretations of feminism across ethnicities, cultures, and nationalities in the U.S. We take as our starting point the intersection of major systems of oppression such as gender, race, sexuality, social class, colonialism and nation, and examine how different racial and ethnic communities respond to those systems when developing feminist consciousness. This survey of intellectual work, activist movements, and worldmaking places the work of women of color and indigenous women at the center of efforts for gender justice.