Listed in: Black Studies, as BLST-202 | English, as ENGL-279 | Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-279
Krupa Shandilya (Section 01)
(Offered as SWAG 279, BLST 202, and ENGL 279) What do we mean by “women’s fiction”? How do we understand women’s genres in different national contexts? This course examines topics in feminist thought such as marriage, sexuality, desire and the home in novels written by women writers from South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. We will draw on postcolonial literary theory, essays on transnational feminism and historical studies to situate our analyses of these novels. Texts include South African writer Nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story, Indian novelist Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss, and Caribbean author Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night.
Spring semester. Professor Shandilya.
Section 01
Tu 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM WEBS 217
Th 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM WEBS 217
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nervous Conditions | Tsitsi Dangaremba | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| Cracking India: A Novel | Bapsi Sidhwa | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| Breath, Eyes, Memory | Amherst Books | TBD | ||||
| July’s People | Amherst Books | TBD | ||||
| The Limits of the World | Amherst Books | TBD | ||||
| Diary of a Social Butterfly | Available for purchase from the SWAGS Department for $8.25 each | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.