BLKS 121: The Body & the Flesh in Black Thought

2023-24 2024-25 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; activity, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour

Catalog page 167

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: Explores theories of the flesh and the body in Black thought to understand the multiple ways that Black bodies signify in the world. Examines flesh, epidermalization, embodiment, and other concepts that consider both antiblack perspectives and theories rooted in and routed through Black radical imagination and praxes.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 12/25 12/25
2024-25 6/25  6/25