WST 255,355,455 - Topics in Women,History,and Resistance I,II,III

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University of Southern Maine

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Courses in this category will explore the political worlds of women in general, and laboring women in particular, which have often been obscured by traditional histories that narrowly define politics as a set of formal institutions and practices. These courses explore forms of female activism located not only in governments, political parties, and unions but also in female collaborative activities and grassroots organization. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between female activism and social, economic, and cultural change. Topics include women in third world struggles for national liberation; working class women in contemporary and historical movements; struggles for equal rights; the nineteenth century women's movement; women in peasant revolts; everyday forms of female resistance; union organizing; women and the politics of identity. Prerequisite: WST 455 requires permission of the instructor. Cr 3.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.usm.maine.edu

Phone Number:

(207) 780-4141

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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