WOMENSST 393C - S-Crbean Womn Writ Idnty Pltcs

Institution:

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Description:

The intent of this course is to use literature, fiction, the novel, poetry, performance, music, and art as vehicles to reading and analyzing how Caribbean women write and speak culture, resistance, identity, and politics. Selected readings will demonstrate how these wide ranges of writings can be a powerful means of communication for education, influence, resistance, and protest. Selected works will be drawn from women in the Caribbean Diaspora, Anglophone, Francophone, and Latin America. Fulfills Women of Color inside or outside the U.S. requirement for Women's Studies majors and minors.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umass.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 545-0111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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