The course utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to examine salient
aspects of black women's history, identity, and experience, including
the interaction of race, gender, and class factors in both historical
and contemporary settings.  While the primary focus is North American,
other cultural settings in the African Diaspoa are also represented.
Much of the first part of the couse is grounded in an historical
discusssion of the roles and forces that helped to shape black women
as social and cultural beings.  The course also examines important
contemporary issues that confront black women.