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4.00 Credits
Providing an introduction to a quickly evolving field of study, this course explores gay and lesbian identity, culture, and politics from many disciplinary points of view. A single course might explore a wide range of subjects, such as Walt Whitman's poetry, the history of lesbian bar culture, the politics of gay marriage, visibility on TV, and Heather Has Two Mommies.
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4.00 Credits
This course serves an introduction to an examination of sexuality from a social perspective. In this way, we will engage in critical analyses of the existing organization and social meaning of sexuality, sexual identities, and sexual practices (as opposed to discussing merely descriptive accounts of doing sex). Sexuality Studies brings together a variety of intellectual perspectives from the humanities and social sciences; thus, our exploration of the social construction of sexuality will draw from scholarly fields as diverse as literature, history, religion, anthropology, law, sociology, psychology, and education, in addition to feminist, queer, and media studies. Topics covered will also be diverse and include: sexual bodies and behaviors; intimacies; sexual identities; sexual institutions and sexual commerce; sexual cultures; sexual regulations and inequality; and global and transnational sexualities, among other topics.
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4.00 Credits
The political nature of personal life is a central critical concept of Women's and Gender Studies. Politics of Sexuality introduces students to implications of this concept through the study of contested topics concerning sexuality, such as gendered sexual socialization, sexual violence, family structures, poverty and welfare, sexual identities, transgenderism, commodification, risky sexual behaviors, AIDS, sexual exploitation, pornography, prostitution, and the traffic in women. Students learn how social norms, political currents, economic practices, and state policies construct their lived realities, governing choices they may have considered natural, private, and individual. They learn to articulate what is at stake in these issues from a variety of standpoints as preparation for making their own informed judgments.
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4.00 Credits
(same as AAS 252) An international and social exploration of the Harlem Renaissance era, 1920 to 1935.
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4.00 Credits
(same as AAS 280) A global, cross-cultural survey of the lives and contributions of women of African ancestry. Emphasis will be placed upon shared elements of African culture that, when impacted by colonialism and/or the Atlantic slave trade, resulted in similar types of resistance to oppression, and analogous cultural expression among the women of four locales-Africa, South America and The Caribbean, North America and Europe. Theoretical methodologies, historical narrative, literature, demographic data, material culture, representations of self, and representations by others will be explored to illuminate/explain the: history, cultural artifacts, cultural retentions, and self-concept.
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4.00 Credits
Current or specialized topics proposed by faculty or students and approved by the department. Appropriate for students who have completed at least one semester of college study.
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4.00 Credits
Gender and Language
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4.00 Credits
(same as HIS 385) This course will examine the history of women in the United States from before European contact to the present. We will explore the diverse ways in which women have lived, worked and contributed to the history of the U S While we will be looking at some of the great women of US history, the course will focus more on the aspects of the general experiences of women and their political, social, cultural and familial relationships.
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4.00 Credits
(same as HIS 384) An examination of the history of women in the United States in the 20th century with special emphasis on their roles in political and social movements. We will explore the diverse ways in which women have lived, worked and contributed to the history of the US in the 20th century. While we will be looking at some of the great women of U S history, the course will focus more on the aspects of the general experiences of women and their political, social, cultural and familial relationships.
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4.00 Credits
(same as AAH 343 and COM 343) Explores the enormous impact feminism has had on film theory, criticism, and production. Various feminist approaches to the study and production of cinematic apparatus will be explored including structuralism, issues of representation, spectatorship, questions of ethnicity and hybrid sexualities. Screenings and the readings will cover a wide range of positions and strategies as we investigate Hollywood and independent films as well as new media forms.
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