Courses on celebrities have long been offered in
universities, and now University of Austin, Texas is introducing a new one.
The course is titled “Beyoncé Feminism, Rihanna Womanism”
and will begin in the school’s 2015-spring semester.
The course will focus on “how the lyrics, music videos, and
actions of these women express various aspects of black feminism such as
violence, economic opportunity, sexuality, standards of beauty, and creative
self-expression.”
As associate professor Natasha Tinsely, who works in the
Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Austin
at Texas, sums it up: she hopes that the course will shed light on the role
black feminism plays in popular culture as well as everyday life.
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