OSUN Themes: Arts and Society; Democratic Practice; Global Justice
Intersectional Feminisms and/in Contemporary Literature
Term: September 6, 2024 – December 20, 2024Level: 300-Level
Day/Time: Friday 3:00 AM - 6:15 AM EDT
Instructor: Kathy-Ann Tan, Bard College Berlin
This course will center the writings of Black and brown feminists. We will discuss the works of the Combahee River Collective, Audre Lorde, bell hooks and Gloria Anzaldúa whose writings from the 1980s and 90s continue to be highly influential today in the work of intersectional and transformative justice. We will then turn to contemporary works of poetry, essayistic writing and fiction that develop, queer and expand on the practice of intersectional feminism(s) in the literary realm.
Credits: 4 US / 8 ECTS