WS 3100 - Girls Coming of Age

Institution:

Appalachian State University

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Description:

Covering recent scholarship on girls in the context of the conceptual and theoretical frameworks developed in the field of women’s studies, this course highlights the gendered character of the concerns of childhood, child development, and adolescence. In order to understand the cultural forces shaping the lives of girls, the course investigates both the scholarly literature on girls as well as girls’ literature and culture, situating girls in terms of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality. Students will come to understand the values, structures, and trajectories that have come to define girlhood, girls’s identities, and girls’ practices.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.appstate.edu/

Phone Number:

(828) 262-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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