WMST 416: Policing Black Bodies
WMST 416-DL1: Policing Black Bodies
(Fall 2021)
04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W
Online
Section Information for Fall 2021
WMST 416: DL1 is a distance learning section. Students will be required to meet synchronously during scheduled meeting times.
Course Information from the University Catalog
Credits: 3
Interrogates the myriad ways in which Black Bodies are formally and informally policed. Special focus is given to the ways in which Black women’s bodies are policed not only by the criminal justice system, but also informally through sexual and intimate partner violence, forced sterilization and contraception. Course utilizes the theoretical lenses of intersectionality and of color blind racism. Equivalent to INTS 441.
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