CLST 413 - Transnational Feminist Theory

This seminar is an advanced study of feminist theory from transnational perspectives, focusing on its development from multiple sources and contestations over its meanings. It will engage students in the problematics of cross-border theorizing about gender, race, class, and sexuality in national, regional and global contexts, and address the potentialities of cross-border solidarities for social justice. Students will achieve a greater proficiency with current debates in transnational feminist theory and complete the course having produced reading responses that may be used as the basis for future explorations, discussion questions and guides that may be used in future teaching, and a final research paper/presentation that may serve as the basis for a conference presentation or the genesis of a future publication in a peer-reviewed graduate or professional journal. Previous study of US, European and global feminist theory is presumed but the course will begin with an overview of key texts in philosophy concerning identity debates (ex. Hegel, Marx, Freud) and continue towards feminist and transnational theoretical texts.
Units: 4
Course Type: Seminar