FG 206 - Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies

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Colorado College

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Focuses on contemporary areas of concern. Courses will vary from year to year. 1 unit - Department. Block 3: Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Directed by Women - The Documentary. This course explores the contributions of women directors in documentary film. As a group, we will take a critical look at a diverse cross-section of documentary films created by women and uncover how feminist authorship has influenced the documentary genre. We will also attend The Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival and participate in discussions with women directors. (Also listed as Film Studies 205.) 1 unit - Department, Hudson. Block 5: Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Literature, Film, and Manga. This course explores how Japanese writers have dealt with issues of gender and sexuality from the Heian Period through the modern era. Drawing on literary sources such as The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (11th c.), Five Women Who Loved Love by Ihara Saikaku (17th c.), and Kitchen by Yoshimoto Banana (20th c.), as well as films and manga, we will analyze how both male and female authors have portrayed gender and sexuality within an ever-changing landscape. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Comparative Literature 200 and Japanese 252 and Asian Studies 250.) 1 unit - Ericson. Block 6: Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Women and Violence. Drawing on the extensive literature on women and violence, the course will document the extent and forms of this violence, both in the United States and internationally. Considers theoretical attempts to explain this violence from alternate feminist and other perspectives. Looks at the consequences of this violence, both for individuals and for societies and examines attempts that have been offered to combat and resist gender-based violence. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) 1 unit - Bresnahan. Block 6: Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Images of the Prostitute in Literature and Film. Students will explore the varying attitudes towards the prostitute in Western Europe and America. For centuries, the prostitute - whether dangerous temptress, pitiful victim, or sexually confident businesswoman - has intrigued, inspired, and troubled artists, writers, political and religious leaders, and now feminists. Students will consider the ambiguous and often subversive social position of prostitutes through a variety of readings from canonical and pornographic literature, religious and moral judgments, and historical interpretations. They will identify the various stereotypes in the representations of prostitutes in art, film, and literature and trace the presence of those stock images in political movements, whether they seek to denounce the immortality (or misogynist oppression) of female sex workers or to call for the legalization of the trade. Prerequisite: French 306 or consent of instructor. (Also listed as French 316.) 1 unit - Tallent. Block 8: Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gender in America - From Colonial Times to 1920. This course will explore gender's influence on the ways people organized their relationships with their families, communities, jobs, and the state during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Topics will include colonial gender formations, women's increasing presence in politics and public life, and the meaning of citizenship. Throughout, attention will be paid to the connections between gender, sexuality, race, and class in cultural, political, and economic contexts. (Also listed as History 200.) 1 unit - Torres-Rouff.

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1.00

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

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(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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