Course Info: CSI-0265

CourseCSI-0265 Theories of Racial Capitalism
Long TitleHistory and Theories of Racial Capitalism
Term2021F
Note(s) Prerequisites Required
Textbook information
Meeting InfoFranklin Patterson Hall 105 on T,TH from 2:30-3:50
FacultyStephen Dillon
Capacity25
Available13
Waitlist0
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Additional InfoStudents should have taken a course concerning race, gender, or sexuality. Students should generally expect to spend 6 hours a week on work outside of class.
Description

This course examines historical and theoretical scholarship on the development and operation of racial capitalism. Focusing on the United States, the course explores research areas such as slavery, settler-colonialism, immigration and migration, the war on terror, economics, and the law. At the same time, we will also explore the relationship between gender, sexuality, and racial capitalism examining feminist, queer, and trans understandings of the foundational relationship between capitalism and race. Keywords: Black, Native, Feminism, Marxism