Listed in: American Studies, as AMST-296 | Black Studies, as BLST-296 | Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-296
Jallicia A. Jolly (Section 01)
(Offered as AMST-296, BLST-296 [D] and SWAG-296). This course explores the transnational politics of race, gender, sexuality, and health from interdisciplinary perspectives. It engages a range of texts and methodologies that locate the historical and contemporary experiences of Afro-disaporic women and girls in the struggle for embodied freedom, autonomy, and reproductive justice. We will draw on examples from Africa and the African diaspora (U.S., the Caribbean, and Latin America) as we engage the main debates in reproductive justice around key issues: sexual and reproductive health and rights; HIV/AIDS; sexual autonomy and choice; sterilization; police brutality; the right to bear children; abortion. The course will also introduce students to theories about health and illness, embodiment and subjectivity, critical race theory, ethnography, black feminist theory, and postcolonial health science studies. Class field trips to reproductive justice organizations will also provide an experiential component that grounds our inquiries.
Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Visiting Instructor Jolly.
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CLAR 100
Th 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CLAR 100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reproducing the British Caribbean:Sex, Gender, and Population Politics | Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2019 | Juanita DeBarros | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Public Health in Jamaica, 1850-1940:Neglect, Philanthropy and Development | Univ. of West Indies Press, 2013 | Margaret Jones | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Birth Control in the Decolonizing Caribbean: Reproductive Politics and Practice on Four Islands, 1930-1970 | Cambridge Univ. Press, 2016 | Nicole Bourbonnais | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Killing in the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty | Vintage Books, 2017 | Dorothy Roberts | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement | N.Y. Univ. Press, 2003 | Jennifer Nelson | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Undivided Rights:Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice | Haymarket Books, 2016 | Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, Elena Gutierrez, Loretta Ross | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval | W.W. Norton & Co., 2019 | Saidiya Hartman | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route | Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008 | Saidiya Hartman | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Cancer Journals | Aunt Lute Books, 1997 | Audre Lorde | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality | Univ. of California Press, 2019 | Celeste Watkins-Hayes | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Black Women Against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil | Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2013 | Keisha Khan-Perry | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Reproductive Justice: An Introduction | Univ. of California Press, 2017 | Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation | Routledge, 2001 | Maralee Mayberry, Banu Subramaniam, Lisa Weasel | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.