First-Year Writing Seminar (101-8-2)

Topic

Native/Indigenous Feminisms

Instructors

Megan Baker

Meeting Info

Harris Hall L28: Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

Native/Indigenous Feminisms are key to understanding settler colonial societies like the United States and Canada. As a field of study, Native/Indigenous Feminisms analytically centers Indigenous sovereignty to examine how settler colonialism evolved to displace Indigenous peoples politically and within their own lands. This course will examine the historical formation and dynamics of settler colonialism to elucidate how it has shaped the lives of all people living within settler societies.

Class Materials (Required)

Books will be provided by the instructor

Billy-Ray Belcourt. 2019. NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field. Toronto: House of Anansi Press. 978-1487005771

Deborah A. Miranda. 2023. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir. 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition. Berkeley: Heyday. 978-1597146289

Class Attributes

WCAS Writing Seminar

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Weinberg First Year Seminars are only available to first-year students.
Add Consent: Department Consent Required