SO 210 - Growing Up Female

Institution:

Wagner College

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Description:

One unit. This course explores what it means to grow up female in the United States. We will consider differences and similarities in the experiences of girls across lines of class, race and sexual orientation. We will examine how gender defi nes girls' experiences and how some girls resist these defi nitions. Sigmund Freud once called work and love the central arenas of human life. We will examine what it means to grow up and be female in these two areas, together with an examination of the representation of women in the larger culture. We will make use of a variety of texts in exploring cultural notions of female "nature" and so-called women's work, the expectations "experts" have of girls and womthe representation of girls in the mass media, and girls' own stories about their lives, romances and sexuality. Offered as required.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wagner.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 390-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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