Transnational Feminisms

This course examines contemporary feminist movements and theories in a global context. Through engagement with key works of feminist and queer theory, political manifestos, and cultural production, we will explore how transnational feminist and queer alliances and coalitions have contested gendered, racialized and class-based forms of exploitation and violence, building alternative futures. We will interrogate the meaning of "global" and "transnational" as a descriptor for a variety of practices and processes from a geographically diverse set of places, and as an analytic to understand the gendered, racialized, colonial, and classed impact of these practices. We will trace how thinkers and activists from various locations and time periods have forged solidarities across physical and ideational borders, while interrogating our own positions as knowledge producers within and beyond the university.
Course Attributes: EN S; BU BA; AS LCD; AS SSC; AS SD I; FA SSC; AR SSC; AR SEP

Transnational Feminisms

GLOBAL STUDIES 4370

Section 01