WL 0050 - Feminist Analysis Women's Voices Women's Bodies

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Tufts University

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(Cross-listed as German 55 and Art History 80.) The construction of difference in Western culture; symmetry/asymmetry; the problem of essentialism; the social construction of femininity and masculinities; gynophobia/misogyny; idealization/demonization; strategies for reading and looking designed to facilitate feminist interpretations of culture and the capacity to recognize those from other orientations. Images and texts from dominant as well as popular culture of Europe, CE 500 to the present day. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tufts.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 628-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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