May include works by Diamela Eltit, Clarice Lispector, Jamaica Kincaid, and others. Critical and theoretical texts will also be employed.
All writings are available in English translations.
Hours to be arranged. Women's Studies 155. A conceptualization of an economically segregated society, with the accompanying issues of race, ethnicity, and welfare stigma is integrated throughout. Students co-lead weekly class discussions. Readings by Canada, Hill Collins, Fine, Dodson, Edin, Luker, Way, and others.