Jose Flores Sanchez

This course offers a historical study of the theoretical and practical developments that form contemporary feminism. Although the course will concentrate primarily on feminist histories in the United States, it will also place those histories within a global context, paying close attention to class, race, and gender. We will examine various materials, including historical studies, theoretical essays, literature, and film. The course will follow a roughly chronological order beginning with the emergence of the idea of ¿Women¿s Rights¿ during the late 18th century, and ending with the emergence of the concepts of global and third-wave feminisms in the 1990s and beyond. We will consider the questions: How do we know a feminist when we see/read one? What makes something feminist?