WGS 260/AAS 280 - Africana Women in Historical Perspective
(Behavioral, Social or Cultural Perspective, Race & Ethnicity, Gender)
(Students must register for lecture and conference hour)
Africana Women in Historical Perspective is a global, cross-cultural survey of the lives and contributions of women of African ancestry.  Emphasis will be placed upon shared elements of African culture that, when impacted by colonialism and/or the Atlantic slave trade, resulted in similar types of resistance to oppression, and analogous cultural expression among the women of four locales- Africa, South America and The Caribbean, North America and Europe.  Theoretical methodologies, historical narrative, literature, demographic data, material culture, representations of self, and representations by others will be explored to illuminate/explain the: history, cultural artifacts, cultural retentions, and self-concept.

Previously listed as WGST 280 or WGS 280; cross-listed as AFAM 280 or AAS 280

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