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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Chance, L. A man from Tennessee writes Memoirs of a Geisha. A Japanese novelist tells the story of the "comfort women" who served the Japanese army. A tenth century courtier poses as woman writing the first woman's diary. Poets from Byron to Robert Lowell, through Ezra Pound to Li Po, have written as though, they were women, decrying their painful situations. Is something wrong with this picture, or is "woman" such a fascinating position from which to speak that writers can hardly help trying it on for size In this course we will look at male literary impersonators of women, as well as women writers. Our questions will include who speaks in literature for prostitutes--whose bodies are in some sense the property of men--and what happens when women inhabit the bodies of other women via spirit possession. Readings will draw on the Japanese tradition, which is especially rich in such cases, and will also include Western and Chinese literature, anthropological work on possession, legal treatments of prostitution, and film. Participants will keep a reading journal and write a paper of their own choosing.
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Independent Study
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This couse is for history majors. This course will be cross-listed with GSOC when the course topic includes women, gender, and sexuality.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. The course will explore the history of sexual and reproductive behavior in the U.S.; the various ways sexuality was constructed; and the role sexuality played in the construction of gender and the deployment of power. Not only will the course address differences between men and women, it will also deal, in particular, with the comparison of sexual behavior and identity across class, racial and ethnic lines.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Majithia. This course will meet for three hours to view and discuss a variety of films/videos in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Urdu (with English subtitles), and English, which bring up issues of social, political, and cultural significance. Readings for the course will include articles in various fields ranging from film studies and communication to sociolinguistics and women's studies. Discussions will focus on cinema as a means of expression and as an instrument for social change, examining the various ways in which films both reflect and influence contemporary culture.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This seminar examines the economic, demographic, and spatial transformations of American cities since World War II. Topics for analysis include the impact of deindustrialization and the emergence of an information-service economy, in migration and immigration, ghetto creation, the origin and history of suburbs, and levers of change - politics, policy, social movements, and social reform. Assignments include one book per week, short commentary papers, discussion leadership, and a final essay.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This seminar explores an aspect of epic or romance intensively; specific course topics will vary from year to year.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This seminar explores an aspect of medieval literature intensively; specific course topics will vary from year to year. Topics in the past have included the medieval performance, medieval women, and medieval law and literature. The course will be cross-listed with GSOC when the subject matter includes gender, women, and sexuality.
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3.00 Credits
Sarch. This course uses advertising to examine the construction of gender from the late 19th century to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Beckman. This topic course explores aspects of Gender in Film intensively. The course will be cross-listed with GSOC when the course contents includes women, gender and sexuality in film. Specific course topics vary from year to year. See the Cinema Studies website at for a description of the current offerings.
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