AFR 320(F) Race-Gender in the Black Diaspora (Same as Anthropology 326)*

This advanced seminar will provide students with a transnational understanding of how race, gender, and class structure the lives of people of African descent. It will also provide students with analytical tools necessary to critically explore and consciously and constructively participate in the ongoing struggles of people of African decent for social, economic and political justice. The course examines the ways in which racism and sexism as articulated processes structure the lives of Blacks in the Diaspora; how gendered racial identities emerge from the everyday struggles of Blacks enmeshed in specific racial formations; and identity politics in the struggle for racial justice. The first section of the course provides the theoretical basis for interrogating key concepts such as "racism," "racial identity," and "racial politics" and how each intersects with gender. The second part of the course will examine these issues in specific localities: the United States, Mexico, the Hispano-Caribbean, Central America, Great Britain, and Brazil.
Format: advanced seminar. Requirements: class attendance and participation, weekly discussion preparation and leadership, reading notes and discussion questions, reading quizzes, and a final research paper.
Prerequisites: lower-level Africana Studies coursework or permission of instructor. Enrollment limit: 12 (expected: 15). Preference is given to advanced students and Africana Studies concentrators.

Hour: GORDON