AAAS 125A: Intellectual History of Black WomenInstructor: Shoniqua Roach Prerequisites: None Course Description: This course takes a historical approach to the development of black women’s knowledge production in the United States. We will explore major social, political and economic events and trends in United States history from the perspectives of black women (e.g., forced black migration to the Western world, transatlantic slavery, black emancipation from slavery, the nadir/Jim Crow period, the great migration(s) and World Wars, the civil rights/black power era, global decolonial movements, and the rise of feminist and LGBTQ movements, among other issues). We will contextualize black women’s knowledge production within and in relation to these events, as well as highlight black feminisms' intersections with other intellectual traditions and freedom struggles. By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate a robust familiarity with the aforementioned historical events as well as define black feminist conceptual/theoretical frameworks such as critical fabulation; trusting black women; transatlantic slavery and its archive; the after-life of slavery; the nadir; black gender and sexuality; pornotroping; resistance; the culture of dissemblance; domesticity; sexual/political economy, intimacy; interiority, freedom and so on. </br></br> Learning Objectives: </br> Identify and describe key events, themes, theorists, and methodologies in the development of black women’s intellectual history.</br> Use close reading to analyze black women’s texts.</br> Compare and evaluate the myriad ways in which different black women’s embodied experiences and material realities have shaped their divergent approaches to and articulations of black women’s intellectual history.</br> Produce a final project that demonstrates familiarity with course content and that applies theories and methodologies learned in the course to the final project.</br> Session: Extended Day: Online Asynchronous 10-week Time: Asynchronous Credit Hours: 4 Credits Course Format: 10-week Asynchronous Online format Brandeis Graduation Requirement Fulfilled: DEIS-US, SS Enrollment Limit: Course Classification: Undergraduate Level Course Course Tuition: Course Fees: None Open to High School Students: Yes |
