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Course Description

DEVS 492-002

Through time and across borders, critical feminist theories and practices have sought to do far more than insert women higher in the echelons of global power structures: they have sought to dismantle these power structures, and to imagine and practice a different world. Grounded in the insights of critical feminist theory, this course will focus on sites of feminist struggle, examining both transnational continuities and differences in an unequal world. The first half of the course will be devoted to building students’ theoretical toolkit by engaging in foundational feminist texts. In the second half of the course, students will apply these theories to a deep analysis of three case studies: 1) domestic labour in East Africa; 2) Activism and kin work in Black communities in the United States; and 3) the transnational politics of sex work.

This is a seminar course with a strong focus on in-class learning and discussion. Students will be assessed through a range of assignments. These will include in-class participation and journal writing; one in-class test; one research paper; and the collaborative curation of an exhibit: The Museum of our Feminist Future.