WMGS 251 - Gender & Dislocation

Institution:

Trinity College

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The plight of women raped in Bosnia, women and children in Afghan refugee of camps, homeless mothers and sweatshop workers in the USA, or Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong, as well as the boy soldiers of Africa, reflect the gendered nature of modern upheavals across the globe. This course examines the gendered consequences of contemporary forms of uprootedness, such as homelessness, labor migration, and refugee flight, and the impact of these on family and intergenerational relations, cultural expression and identity, relationships to home place and culture, and forms of multicultural citizenship. Students will use case studies, ethnographies, and other accounts to consider the conditions, such as environmental disasters, economic restructuring, genocide, violence, and political oppression, which give rise to dislocation and the gender differences in the reconstitution of self and community among individual migrants and survivors of trauma. 1.00 units, Lecture

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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