AFRC2220 - African Women's Lives: Past and Present
Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
African Women's Lives: Past and Present
Term
2025A
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC2220401
Course number integer
2220
Meeting times
T 5:15 PM-8:14 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Pamela Blakely
Description
Restoring women to African history is a worthy goal, but easier said than done.The course examines scholarship over the past forty years that brings to light previously overlooked contributions African women have made to political struggle, religious change, culture preservation, and economic development from pre-colonial times to present. The course addresses basic questions about changing women's roles and human rights controversies associated with African women within the wider cultural and historical contexts in which their lives are lived. It also raises fundamental questions about sources, methodology, and representation, including the value of African women's oral and written narrative and cinema production as avenues to insider perspectives on African women's lives.
Course number only
2220
Cross listings
GSWS2220401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No