AMST0208A-F17
Black Womanhood/Pop. Culture
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 2017
- Location:
- Warner Hall 207(WNS 207)
- Schedule:
- 11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Sep 11, 2017 to Dec 8, 2017)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- J Finley
- Subject:
- American Studies
- Department:
- Program in American Studies
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AMR CMP NOR
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- GSFS0208A-F17
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92006
- Subject Code:
- AMST
- Course Number:
- 0208
- Section Identifier:
- A