GSFS0208A-F16
Black Womanhood/Pop. Culture
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Unruly Bodies: Black Womanhood in Popular Culture
In this course we will examine representations of black womanhood in popular culture, analyzing the processes by which bodies and identities are constructed as dangerous, deviant, and unruly. For example, materials will include the work of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins to analyze the imagery of black womanhood propagated by the television shows The Jerry Springer Show and Bad Girls Club. By contrast, we will also read Saidiya Hartman’s Scenes of Subjection as a lens through which to view “bad” black womanhood as a radically stylized means of redress in the Blaxploitation-era film Foxy Brown. (Critical Race Feminisms)/3 hrs. lect.
In this course we will examine representations of black womanhood in popular culture, analyzing the processes by which bodies and identities are constructed as dangerous, deviant, and unruly. For example, materials will include the work of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins to analyze the imagery of black womanhood propagated by the television shows The Jerry Springer Show and Bad Girls Club. By contrast, we will also read Saidiya Hartman’s Scenes of Subjection as a lens through which to view “bad” black womanhood as a radically stylized means of redress in the Blaxploitation-era film Foxy Brown. (Critical Race Feminisms)/3 hrs. lect.
- Term:
- Fall 2016
- Location:
- Axinn Center 220(AXN 220)
- Schedule:
- 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Sep 12, 2016 to Dec 9, 2016)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- J Finley
- Subject:
- Gender Sexuality &Fem. Studies
- Department:
- PrgGender/Sexuality/Fem. Study
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP NOR
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- AMST0208A-F16 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92407
- Subject Code:
- GSFS
- Course Number:
- 0208
- Section Identifier:
- A