BLST 042. Black Feminist and Queer Contemporary Culture

In this course we will study how blackness, gender, and sexuality are represented in visual and literary arts and culture. Using the tools of black feminist and queer theory, the class will cover topics and concepts such as Afrofuturism, stereotypes, intersectionality, surveillance, film, performance, abstraction/figuration, photography, poetry, and ungendering. The works of black queer and trans visual artists and writers will be central to the class.
1 credit.
Eligible for GSST
Spring 2026. Batts.
Catalog chapter: Black Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/black-studies-program

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