AFR307
Spaces of Black Liberation
Africana
BC
Subject code
AFR
Course Number
307
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
M. Mena
Course Long Title
Spaces of Black Liberation
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course examines Black Feminisms in the Americas through an anthropological lens. Using decolonial frameworks, students engage with media created by Black womxn with an emphasis on Brazil and the United States. They analyze how Black communities exercise everyday forms of resistance through knowledge sharing, communal care, art (music, visual and performance), refusal, abolition, and other forms of social and political activism. Prerequisite(s), which may be taken concurrently: one course in Africana, anthropology, gender and sexuality studies, or sociology. Recommended background: coursework in the humanities or social sciences. Crosslisted in Africana, Anthropology, and Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Writing Credit
W2
INDS Program Relationship
IDAF - AFR Program
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years
Offering Frequency
One-time offering