AFRC360

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Black Women in Anthropology

Africana Studies College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

AFRC

Course Number

360

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMAF: Major-Africana Elective, ENAF: Minor-Africana Elective, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, WRMJ: GenEd-Writing in the Major

Course Short Title

Black Women in Anthropology

Course Long Title

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Course Description

Explores ethnographic work produced by Black women in both the past and present, imagining a future for Black feminism within the discipline of anthropology. Taking seriously the charge made by Christen Smith to #citeblackwomen, we will center fieldnotes, reflections, and ethnography produced by Black women. Reading material by writers including Zora Neale Hurston, Leith Mullings, and Savannah Shange - authors who explicitly link their intellectual production to their political commitments. Offers a nuanced engagement with anthropology and its practitioners, centering the voices of those who have historically written from the margins of the discipline.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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