HUM 209 Heroines, Fighters, & Survivors
In this course, we look at different facets of women's activism from the early-nineteenth century up to the present as expressed in literature, film, art, and media. We will study women who made history by examining the contributions they made to the world around them from their perspectives. We will do so by examining how their work intersected with questions of cultural and national identification, gender, class, and politics. We will use cross-cultural perspectives and approaches to examine how women from Germany, the African diaspora, East Asia, and Southeast Asia engaged with moral problems such as racial prejudice, the suffering of the innocent, the development of moral consciousness and social responsibility, and the role of solidarity. Students will connect their learning with their intellectual interests.