WST 235,335,435 - Topics in Gender& Science,Te c h n o l o g y,and Health I,II,III

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University of Southern Maine

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Courses in this category will include a critique of traditional science, technology, and medicine; representation of feminist possibilities and communities at work on issues of knowledge, health, and power; reconstructions of science, technology, and health care based on new theories and practices. Each of these courses will ask similar questions: How have scientific thinking and gendered technologies affected women's bodily experience? Is science fiction coming to pass in new reproductive technologies and genetic projects? How has science's view of the female and feminine been problematized by reading works of fiction? Can feminists escape the difficulties of writing about or prescribing for others? Does science create racial as well as sexual subjects? How can it be used (to quote bell hooks) to "talk race and fight racism?" Prerequisite: WST 435requires 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

Calendar System:

Semester

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