Singer Beyoncé and her contribution to the “black radical tradition” and “black feminist” thought is the focus of a multidisciplinary course at Yale University.
“Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music,” is being taught this semester by African-American Studies Professor Daphne “D.A.” Brooks.
Students will focus on the singer’s “dazzling, multifaceted aesthetic practices” and her role in setting an “unprecedented standard” for “socio-historical complexity,” according to a copy of the syllabus obtained by The College Fix. It is cross listed in the American studies, gender studies, and music departments.
“This course centers…Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as the portal through which to rigorously examine key interdisciplinary works of Black radical tradition intellectual thought and grassroots activist politics and practice across the centuries,” the syllabus states.