WGS 420 - Transnational Feminist Theory and Women’s Activism (4 Cr.)

Crossing the boundaries of nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, sexuality, and genre, this course brings together a plurality of women’s voices of the non-Western world that counter colonial, post-colonial, multinational, and masculine paradigms of “otherness.” The central aims are to examine the extent to which their activism and theoretical thinking grew out of historical conditions, to establish a dialog that forms the wide-ranging spectrum of women’s experiences across the globe, and to assess these social and political writings for national change in the 21st century.

This course counts as an Africana Studies course providing students with exposure to the study of women of African descent on the continent of Africa and in the African Diaspora. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: junior standing. Fall semester.