Studies in American Literature (471-0-21)

Topic

Black Feminism and Bio-Politics

Instructors

Justin Mann

Meeting Info

University Hall 418: Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

In this graduate seminar, students will read Black feminist literature and analyze it for its relationship to theories of biopolitics.

Teaching Method

Seminar.

Evaluation Method

Papers, teaching demonstration.

Class Materials (Required)

Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Norton Critical Edition) 0393614565
Zora Neal Hurston, Tell My Horse 0061695130
Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha 0883782375
Toni Morrison, Beloved 1400033411
Angela Y. Davis, An Autobiography 1642598984