Radical Stitches: Forming Identity through the Creation of Texts EXP, UH, W

This course will focus on women’s texts and explore how women form notions of identity and community through the production of various texts, including quilts, gardens, cookbooks, and diaries. Students will question the gendering of particular crafts and how this affects their cultural knowledge and reading of these texts. Major projects for this course will include a biographical/historical sketch, an oral history project, and a final written project.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

UH 351