WMST 229 African American Women's History

This course provides an overview of African American women’s history from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century with particular attention to women’s creative choices in navigating an oppressive gender system. Focus will be on the applicability of the standard periodization of American History to the lives of African American women, as they experienced the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and sexuality as they responded with innovative strategies for living lives of meaning. This course allows students an opportunity for scholarly analysis of the lived political, economic, and social experiences of African American women.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3