19th Century Black American Women in Italy
Social Sciences & Cultural Studies Program
Florence, Italy
Dates: 1/7/25 - 4/26/25
19th Century Black American Women in Italy
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Florence Center
Location: Florence, Italy
Primary Subject Area: Cultural Studies
Instruction in: English
Course Code: CUL359FLR
Transcript Source: University of New Haven
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: One 200-level course or two 100-level courses in History, Cultural Studies, Black Studies, Women's Studies, Transatlantic Studies or another relevant subject area.
DESCRIPTION
This interdisciplinary course will explore the experiences of nineteenth-century Black American women in Italy. During the course students will examine the ways in which race, gender, class, age, nationality, and other social categorizations may intersect in Black women's experiences. Students will come to understand how Black women, who travelled to Italy, found freedom after crossing the ocean which meant leaving restraining norms of the home society behind.
Through in-class discussions, lectures, cultural experiences and field studies, students will learn and reflect on the experience of nineteenth-century Florence and its foreign visitors.
Through in-class discussions, lectures, cultural experiences and field studies, students will learn and reflect on the experience of nineteenth-century Florence and its foreign visitors.