ENG 295-03 - Special Topic: Citizen Maxine Waters: Selling the Shadow and the Vulnerabilities of Black Women

1 credits (Spring)

Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, Congresswoman Maxine Waters has emerged as the embodiment of popular resistance to Trump’s policies and persona. More than a meme, Waters represents much of what the popular media likes to believe about Black women: that they are impenetrable, outspoken, and fearless. The truth is, Black women’s emotional realities are much more complex. This class mines Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric to identify the literary and cultural practices Black women employ to combat invisibility, hypervisibility, and misrecognition.

Prerequisite: ENG 120 or GWS 111.
Instructor: Benjamin