WST 390 - Contemporary Feminist T h e o r i e s

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University of Southern Maine

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This course will introduce students to the efforts of many academic feminists to organize, appropriate, and/or subvert what is sometimes termed "poststructuralist"thought, an enormous body of knowledge that, although generated largely in France, Italy, Great Britain, and North America, has often affected non-Western feminisms as well. The focus of this course will vary depending on the instructor, but it should be based on the intimate relationships between feminist theories and feminist practice. At least one section of this course will be devoted to focused political analysis of a single subject: pornography, free speech and censorship, reproductive technologies, sexual harassment, pay equity, domestic violence, etc. Students will be asked to write a theoretically informed research paper on a topic of their own choosing. Prerequisites: WST 280W or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester. 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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