Listed in: American Studies, as AMST-380 | History, as HIST-380 | Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-380
Lili M. Kim (Section 01)
(Offered as HIST 380 [US/TE/TS], AMST 380 and SWAG 380) This research seminar investigates the history of Asian American women and other women of color solidarities and activisms in the emergence of the U.S. Third World Feminist Left during the 1960s and 1970s. This movement saw ending imperialism and colonialism as a necessary part of their fight against racism, sexism, and capitalism in the United States and beyond and drew inspiration from Third World feminism and decolonization activities. Third World feminism posits that women's activisms in the Third World do not originate from the ideologies of the First World and specifically centers Third World women's radicalism in their local/national contexts and struggles. Organizations such as the Third World Women’s Alliance (TWWA) in New York City, which grew out of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), brought together Black, Puerto Rican, and Asian American women in the socialist fight to end imperialism, sexism, capitalism, and racism. The images of revolutionary Third World women engaged in anti-colonial struggles in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, especially during the Vietnam War era, inspired U.S.-based feminists of color and helped them embrace leftist Third World solidarity politics. Utilizing the rich archival sources found in the Sophia Smith Collection (TWWA records, Miriam Ching Yoon Louie papers, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum papers) as well as the Triple Jeopardy newspapers found in the Marshall I. Bloom papers at the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, students will have an opportunity to work collaboratively to produce a substantial research project.
Enrollment limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Visiting Lecturer Kim.
Section 01
Tu 01:30 PM - 04:15 PM ONLI ONLI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning | One World, 2020 | Cathy Park Hong | TBD | |||
| Soul Power: Culture, Radicalism, and the Making of U.S. Third World Left | Duke University Press, 2006 | Cynthia A. Young | TBD | |||
| Living for Change: An Autobiography | University of Minnesota Press, 2016 | Grace Lee Boggs | TBD | |||
| Chains of Babylon: The Rise of Asian America | University of Minnesota, 2009 | Daryl J. Maeda | TBD | |||
| Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles | University of California Press, 2006 | Laura Pulido | TBD |