Topics will vary each semester.

Please See Class Notes Regarding Enrollment! What is Hip-Hop Feminism? What does its many iterations look like on stage and in everyday spaces? Who are some of the key practitioners and theoreticians in Hip-Hop Feminisms? And what political messages do these cultural producers, writers, and thinkers articulate about race, class, gender, sexuality, regionality, Black feminism, and community building? “The Galaxy of Hip Hop Feminisms” traces the genealogy and nuance of key Black feminine rappers and theoreticians in the field, practice, and culture of Hip-Hop Feminisms across the Black Diaspora. Simultaneously drawing on the texts of academic and everyday Hip-Hop Feminist theoreticians, this course tracks the constellation of dynamic voices, theories and productions of underground and mainstream Black feminine rappers who have influenced the origins of Hip-Hop and its ongoing evolution. We will carefully analyze their varied and multidimensional notions of as well as textured and creative interventions in fusing Hip-Hop and Black Feminisms. To enable students to think critically about these topics, course readings draw on Black Diasporic Studies scholarships in: Cultural Studies, Hip-Hop Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Porn Studies, Media & Film Studies, Performance Studies as well as history, sociology, anthropology, and psychoanalysis.

“Enrollment is by instructor and department permission only. Please fill out this survey no later than January 10 if you wish to be considered for this class. See link below!

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