AFRS 185 - The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the United States

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

Given the release of series like Orange is the New Black, movies like American Violet, and the recent cases of Marissa Alexander and CeCe McDonald, the particularities of Black women’s incarceration is ostensibly coming to the fore within the public sphere. Through our readings of cultural productions as well as critical texts we will examine and write about the intersection of race, gender, sexuality and carcerality. Mr. Moore.

Open only to freshmen; satisfies the college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.

Two 75-minute periods.