Summer 1 Course: Queens & Goddesses: Black Feminist Aesthetics
Queens & Goddesses: Black Feminist Aesthetics
Instructor: Grace McGowan, PhD Student, American & New England Studies Program, Boston University
This course uses modern examples of Black women’s cultural production to explore Black feminist ideas of beauty and aesthetics in America. It focuses on reworkings and reclamations of figures classically associated with beauty and femininity such as Venus, Cleopatra, and Oshun. Sources include Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, and Beyoncé.
Fulfills BU HUB requirements: Critical Thinking, Research & Information Literacy
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