Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: ETHNC 2500, 2550, 2560, 2570, 2580 OR 2590.
Description
We will explore the theoretical contributions of early and contemporary US Third World feminist scholars by drawing upon critical essays, creative essays, social science research, film, and testimonials. In doing this, we will explore feminist epistemologies and their relation to pedagogy, as well as problematize traditional knowledge claims and objectivity. Among the questions we will examine will be those concerning knowledge claims and objectivity. Among the questions we will examine will be those concerning knowledge production, sexual politics, spiritual activism, the mind-body-spirit connection, sexuality, and representation.