Literary Studies Colloquium (412-0-20)

Topic

Fanon Now: Race, Gender, Coloniality

Instructors

Penelope L Deutscher
847/491-5293
Kresge 3245

Jeong Eun We
847/467-5941
Kresge 1880 Campus Drive, #4-419
Office Hours: varies by quarter

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-325: Mon 5:00PM - 7:50PM

Overview of class

Fanon, Now: Race, Gender, Coloniality

Course Description (Jeong Eun Annabel We and Penelope Deutsher, 2022-2023)
A revolutionary, thinker, psychiatrist, and physician, Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) produced a diverse and groundbreaking life work from Martinique to Algeria that has shaped generations of activists and scholars, and continues to do so.

This graduate seminar will examine early and late major writings of Fanon, and a selection of scholarship on and influenced by Fanon in the fields of critical race theory, feminist theory, and decolonial thought, such as Gordon, Karera, Maldonado-Torres, Zambrana, Mbembe, Al-Saji, Snorton, and Wynter, among others. The range and nature of responses to Fanon's work since his time speaks to the continued problem of colonialism, anti-Blackness, and the racialized gender system, as well as the changes in paradigms and discourse surrounding these issues. The course encourages seminar participants to think critically with and about Fanon's work, to incorporate Fanon into their research and explore the renewed significance of Fanon's work today.