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WGS 365/AAS 375 - Womanist Thought (Prerequisite: AAS 280/AFAM 280 or WGS 260/WGST 280 Africana Women in Historical Perspective, or WGS 375/WGST 330 Global Feminisms, or by permission) (Worldviews & Ways of Knowing, Race & Ethnicity, Gender) (Students must register for lecture and conference hour) | |
| Womanist Thought is a course that traces the evolution of feminist consciousness among Africana women. Students will trace the thoughts, social and political activism and ideologies generated by women of African ancestry from the early 19th Century free black "feminist abolitionists" to contemporary times. "Womanist," "Feminist," "Critical Race Feminist," and "Black Feminist" ideologies will be emphasized through course readings and assignments that explore the emergence and perpetuation of an Africana women's feminist consciousness. | |
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