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Apr 16, 2024
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GWS187 PO - Critical Race Theory: Race, Gender, & the LawWhen Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): H. Yapp
Credit: 1
The law has been a central force in managing, producing and maintaining populations based on race, gender, sexuality, class and disability. This course will not only trace the historical role of the law in such dynamics but also examine the growing body of scholarship that emerged during the latter quarter of the 20th century which sought to bring to light the role of the law in shaping power. We will situate the emergence of this scholarship, known as critical race theory, as it arose in relation to and against critical legal studies and liberal understandings of social difference. We will read influential works by scholars such as Kimberle Crenshaw, Cheryl Harris, Patricia Williams, Leti Volpp, Derrick Bell, Ian Haney-Lopez, Mari Matsuda and Charles Lawrence, amongst others. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: GWS 026 PO or FGSS 036 SC .
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