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Course Info for AMST - 465 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 3373 Title: Decolonial Feminist Theory Department: American Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 5 Available seats: 14
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: M: 6:30PM-9:00PM, SH - S205 Instructor(s): Hussain, Shaznene
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities & Identity Power Equity Req
Note: We strongly encourage students to take AMST 301 prior to enrolling but this is not an official prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course surveys decolonial feminist thought prevalent in feminist and decolonial discourses in the United States. Readings will consider relevant histories and legacies of settler colonialism and decolonization, enslavement and abolition, labor, migration, reproduction, and nation-state building in the construction of different lineages in decolonial feminist thought. The course will also explore how decolonial feminist theory has contributed to numerous academic fields of study such as history, law, literature, and politics, among others.