AP/GWST 3568 6.0 Indigenous Feminisms: Connections and Contradictions

AP/GWST 3568 6.00

Indigenous Feminisms: Connections and Contradictions

This course introduces students to the study of Indigenous feminisms. It provides a critique of the colonial construction of exclusionary categories, including gender and sexuality, which have shaped many mainstream, non-Indigenous feminisms. Utilizing a wide variety of material, including books, scholarly articles, personal narratives, poetry, and film, it analyzes whether these categories can be redefined and reclaimed within an Indigenous, decolonizing, feminist framework.