Course Syllabus
Course Description:
What is the significance of care, love, and community to Black feminists? How does love relate to
social justice? What are barriers to accessing care? Why care for ourselves, for each other? In this
course, we will practice reading and responding to essays, poetry, fiction, as well as some visual and
sonic media written by Black feminists that address these questions. Together, we will review a
diverse set of narratives that represent how some of these writers/artists understand the nature of
care, love, and/or community. We will look at these themes as they relate to the self, chosen and
given family, and solidarities in broader society. Ultimately, this course is designed to equip you for
collegiate-level writing, providing you with skills to draw upon as you progress in your
undergraduate career and beyond.
ENGL 1160 Recommended Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias are great for choosing a topic; educating yourself quickly; perspective on a topic; variant spellings, vocabulary, terminology; and bibliography.
- Gale Virtual Reference LibraryProvides searchable full-text e-book versions of many reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. in a wide range of subject areas.
- Oxford African American Studies CenterComprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field.
ENGL 1160 Recommended Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Race and RacismExamines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists.
- Handbook of African American Literature"An A to Z compilation of 415 literary terms, ages, movements, periods, and cultural sources, all cross-referenced....Definitions provide substantive discussion and cite specific examples from the works of major critics and major and minor writers from the 1700s to the present... Eight full-length essays, which serve as introductions to important aspects of literary theory and criticism, cover major terms... In addition to discussions of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement, the book describes the Chicago Renaissance of the 1930s to 1950s, the New Renaissance of the 1950s, and the new black aesthetics of the 1980s..[also includes]a literary timeline, divided into sections for African, African American, and Anglophone Caribbean literature that illustrates what was written during the same years in different parts of the world. The book also lists awards and honors given to African American authors." (publisher)
- Oxford Bibliographies-African American StudiesOffers regularly updated bibliographic articles that identify, organize, cite, and annotate scholarship on key areas of African American Studies -- culture, politics, law, history, society, religion, and economics