WOMGEN 1500 - The Working World: Contemporary Problems in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

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Harvard University

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Description:

This capstone seminar allows advanced students to synthesize previous semesters of study while looking ahead to their working lives after graduation. The course will examine the evolution of feminist scholarship on work broadly defined, and students will independently investigate a contemporary problem of the "working world." Topics will include "masculine" and "feminine" occupations, care work and housework, gender and sexual identity in the workplace, sexual harassment, sex work, labor activism, and the politics of welfare.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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