Listed in: Black Studies, as BLST-302 | English, as ENGL-279 | Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-279
Krupa Shandilya (Section 01)
(Offered as SWAG 279, BLST 302, 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 July's People, Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa's Cracking India, and Caribbean author Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea.
Spring semester. Professor Shandilya.
Section 01
Tu 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM CONV 308
Th 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM CONV 308
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nervous Conditions | Ayebia Clarke Publishing 2004 | Tsitsi Dangaremba | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Wide Sargasso Sea | W. W. Norton 2016 | Jean Rhys | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Breath, Eyes, Memory | Soho Press | Edwidge Danticat | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Limits of the World | Delphinium | Jennifer Acker | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Migritude | Kaya Press | Shailja Patel | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Windfall: A Novel | Broadway Books | Diksha Basu | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Purple hibiscus / a novel | Seven Stories Press | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.