WOMGEN 1210FT: Black Feminist Theory

This course traces the development of Black feminist theory and thought, from 19th-century thinkers such as Anna Julia Cooper, Maria Stewart, Ida B. Wells through 20th-century movements including identity politics, standpoint theory, matrices of domination, intersectionality, as well as Marxian and liberation feminism. Students will be expected to develop critical fluency with the movements and concepts covered and apply them to social, cultural, and political issues.