This course will explore feminism in art and popular culture. First, it will examine what constitutes art from a feminist perspective as well as what is feminist art. In this section of the course, there will be philosophical discussions surrounding feminist epistemology as it relates to art as well as feminist art as activism. In addition, the course will survey the history of feminist art beginning in the early 1970s, paying particular attention to the impact of Judy Chicago as well as art created by “women’s culture” and (lesbian) separatism. In the second half of the semester, the course will focus on specific topics in art including: Chicana and Black representation in art, television, and/or film; fairytales and science fiction; and finally social media in a patriarchal world.
