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3.00 Credits
Examines the global intersections of gender and public policy through its analysis of five central themes: [1] international development discourse in practice; [2] feminized labor and migration; [3] women's unequal access to resources (including land ownership and education); [4] agricultural production and sustainability; [5] health, reproduction and mothering. Dual list with WMST 5580. Cross list with INST 4580. Prerequisite: 3-6 hours of WMST or INST courses.
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Introduces students to concepts that influence the daily lives of contemporary women from India. Organized around two themes: how women have made history in India, and how today's women are performing, confronting and modifying cultural traditions. Prerequisites: WA or COM1 course and a CS, CH, or H course
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3.00 Credits
From an international context and perspective, examines the gendered transformations immigrant women experience. Gender, theories of international migration, assimilation, race, ethnicity, and identity transformation serve as categories of analysis. From a cross-discipline comparative approach, we focus on women's lives to examine differences and similarities to complicate notions of immigration. Dual listed with WMST 5650. Cross listed with CHST/INST/AMST 4650. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 6 hours of AMST, CHST, INST, and/or WMST coursework.
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3.00 Credits
Examines in comparative perspective the social conditions that shape the experiences of Chicanas/Latinas in the U.S. Students gain an understanding of how the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality shape the lived experiences of U.S. women of color through ideological, economic, and political forces. Cross listed with AAST/CHST 4675. Prerequisite: junior standing and/or a combination of 3-6 hours of any level of CHST, WMST, or AAST coursework.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys contemporary feminist theories and places those theories within the framework of social, literary, and artistic criticism. Uses feminist theories to address questions such as nature of meaning in literature and artistic forms; construction of science; and identity of the individual as these phenomena are affected by gender construction. Dual listed with WMST 5700. Prerequisite: 12 hours of women's studies.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates gender construction in mainstream, mainly contemporary Hollywood cinema. Includes readings of seminal essays in film theory and extensive viewing of films, which provide critical tools to understand how and why stereotypical images are presented, how and why the spectator is manipulated to identify with these images. Dual listed with WMST 5770. Prerequisite: WMST 1080, 3500 or 3710.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the relationship between language use, linguistic categories, and gender categories. Examines the linguistic practices involved in the formulation, discussion, and performance of gender categories in a number of different cultures. Cross listed with ANTH 4775. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200 , 2000.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the documented influence of women artists from medieval to modern times. Cross listed with ART 4780. Dual listed with WMST 5780. Prerequisite: ART 2010 or ART 2020 or 3 hours of Women's Studies courses; and WB or COM2.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary approach to the study of women's issues in art, using literary, cultural, and sociological texts to enlarge the art historical basis. Topics include "domestic goddess," class issues, racial questions, working women, prostitution, education, marriage, and divorce. Dual listed with WMST 5830; cross listed with ART/ENGL 4830. Prerequisites: ART 2020, WMST/ENGL 1080.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the physical and psychological health of women and children as influenced by war. Beginning with an examination of feminist theory related to sexism, war and peace politics; the course then examines effects of living in war zones or conditions of threatened war. The socioeconomic consequences of military spending, including health care delivery problems, are evaluated. Cross listed with INST/NURS 4920. Prerequisite: upper division standing, lower division social or psychological science course. (Offered every other year)
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