BIDISCIPLINARY 280 - Women's Narratives of Wealth and Power

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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This course examines two aspects of women and the economy. One is the role of women in the economic order and the other is the role women have played in offering alternative ways to understand the relationship between the economy and the formation of social, political and individual consciousness. Major economic theories have consistently not included gender as a category for economic analysis. This course begins with the assumption that women have nevertheless developed ways of conceptualizing the economy and its effects on the major institutions affecting women. These alternative visions have been expressed traditionally in women's novels and by non-traditional women economists. The course approaches the question of women's economic roles from the perspective of institutional economics, literary criticism, feminist criticism, and rhetorical analysis. No prior knowledge of economic theory is required to enroll. The course is a cognate course for the economics major and is crosslisted with the following program majors: Media and Society, Public Policy, and Women's Studies. (Waller/Roberts on, offered alternate year

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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