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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Examination of theoretical positions on gender and women in study of literature and the arts. Analysis of ways in which women and sexuality have been represented in cultural production, considering impact of race, ethnicity, class, etc. Applications of theories to research questions and methodologies. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Selected topics relating feminist theories to creation of art by women, with consideration of cultural contexts in which they work. Approach to be comparative, crosscultural, and interdisciplinary. Consideration of artistic practice by women in relation to issues of power, representation, and access. May be repeated twice, except for credit toward Women's Studies major. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, three hours; internship, eight hours. Preparation: at least two upper division women's studies courses. Requisites: courses 10, 110A or 110B. Field studies course combining seminar with field placement. Practical experience in working on women's issues and connecting these experiences to methodological and theoretical themes explored in course 110A or 110B. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/ discussion, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Examination in depth of various ways women provide healthcare in both paid and unpaid capacities and of political, economic, and social factors affecting women as recipients of healthcare. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Exploration of experiences of African American, Asian American, Chicana, and Native American women in order to assess intersections of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Contemporary and/or historical and/or theoretical perspectives on racism and its relation to feminism as defined by women of color. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Examination of differing theoretical perspectives on relation between ideologies of gender and conceptualization and practice of science and medicine. Study of relations among gender, race, class, and sexual orientation and production and legitimation of scientific knowledge. Applications of theoretical critiques to research design, practice, and interpretation. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; screenings, two hours. Limited to juniors/ seniors. Conceptual tools and critical skills necessary to rigorously interrogate gender politics of popular culture in the U.S. context. Consideration of theories of popular culture and exploration of distinctive power and ideological force exerted by popular culture in American public life. Examination of specific representations of male and female bodies to understand visual vocabulary of gender in popular culture, as well as relationship between visual stereotypes and regimes of power. Consideration of debates concerning transformative potential of pop culture and exploration of capacity and limits of popular culture as agent of social change. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Exploration of some significant cultural issues of contemporary American women's art movement. Representation, resistance, and critical intervention in relation to gender, race, and class. Emphasis on visual and performance arts as these reflect various perspectives of feminism. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Introduction to major and minor figures and movements for social change in the U.S., including themes from politics, sports, civil rebellions, and body. Examination of dramatic challenges to gender roles over course of the 20th century through actions of rebellious women who led way for myriad of changes in women's lives. Offered in summer only. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours. Preparation: satisfaction of Letters and Science Writing II requirement. Requisite: course 10. Designed for juniors/seniors. Overview of field of feminist economics, with emphasis on development experiences in globalizing world economy. Overview of gender inequalities such as gender division of labor in paid and unpaid work, patterns of employment and unemployment, and wage gaps between men and women in different world economy regions; feminist critiques of economics and of theoretical debates within gender and development field on topics such as structural adjustment, feminization of labor force, and poverty; examination of efforts and proposals by governments, international policy- making institutions, and civil society organizations to make economic policies and structures gender-equitable. P/NP or letter grading.
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