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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary course at graduate level focusing on feminist criticism and theory, which draws on current debates in feminist analysis from the general areas of history, literature and social science, to inform students of reformulations of research and unresolved issues. Identical to HIST 5500. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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3.00 Credits
Increases knowledge of history, cultural representations, and understandings of gender in formerly colonized areas. It engages with the provocative contributions of postcolonial theory and advances comprehension of the different issues confronted by women, men, and sexual minorities. Literature in different regions of the world may be highlighted. Dual listed with WMST 4520. Prerequisites: any two English/writing courses, or any WMST course.
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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 4580. Cross list with INST 5580. Prerequisite: 3-6 hours of WMST or INST courses.
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3.00 Credits
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 4650. Cross listed with WMST/INST/AMST 5650. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 6 hours of AMST, CHST, INST, and/or WMST 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 4700. Prerequisites: 12 hours of WMST.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive introduction to the epistemology and application of a wide range of trans-historical, trans-cultural, and trans-national feminist theories. Students will be asked to apply self-selected feminist theories to their own thesis work and graduate fields, as well as to current examples of sex, gender, gender performance, and gendered coding in American media. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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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 to WMST 4770. Prerequisites: 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. Dual listed with WMST 4775; cross listed with ANTH 5775. Prerequisite: ANTH 5010, 5030, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the documented influence of women artists from medieval to modern times. Dual listed with WMST 4780. Prerequisite: ART 2010 or ART 2020 or 3 hours of Women's Studies courses; and WB or COM2.
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