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3.00 Credits
An examination of women's roles in the ancient world through various sources: history, archaeology, law, literature and art. Covers the period from ancient Egypt and early Greece through classical Greece and down to Rome, and traces the shifts in attitudes during these periods. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one course in Latin, Greek, classical studies or women's studies. (Same as Classics 340.) Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-cultural study of women's literary texts in Spain, Latin America and the United States. Textual analysis grounded in feminist literary, social theories and critical frameworks; particular attention paid to women's agency and writing as transgressions in patriarchal symbolic order, to the consideration of a generolecto (women's specific literary inscription) and to theoretical and critical approaches to gender and writing. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 including 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. (Same as Hispanic Studies 345.)
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3.00 Credits
Cleopatra was a witness to and a shaper of the history of ancient Egypt and the late Roman Republic. To posterity the historical Cleopatra is an enigma, but her image in film, literature, art and popular culture is ever present. Through authors such as Horace, Plutarch, Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw and through cinematic treatments from the 1940s-1970s, this course will explore how the historical figure of Cleopatra became both the signifier and embodiment of sexual and racial politics across historical periods. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one course in classical studies or Africana studies. (Same as Africana Studies 372 and Classics 372.) Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
Rigorous examination and historico-political analisis of U.S. Latina literary production and poetics with focus on short story and drama (including performance art). Examination of construction and critiques of self, gender, society and political and sexual identities. Course analysis framed by feminists literary theories and criticism, and anti-racist pedagogy. Authors will include Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Cherríe Moraga, M. H. Viramontes, Nicolasa Mohr, Migdalia Cruz, Marga Gómez. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in literature or consent of instructor. No knowledge of Spanish required. Taught in English. (Same as Hispanic Studies 377.)
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3.00 Credits
The role of the educational system in the construction and reproduction of gender, class and racial inequality. Topics include the control and governance of schools, the construction of educational goals and curricula, classroom practice and social structure, ideology and the cultural transmission of knowledge, multiculturalism versus anti-racist education, feminist pedagogy and the formation of communities of resistance in the academy. Prerequisite, one course in women's studies, education or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Seminar using film, scholarly essays, visual art and memoir to examine the social, political and economic issues that shape and inform the Asian American women's movement. Topics include labor migration, militarism, women's work, community and identity. Texts will compare Asian American women's experiences with other marginalized groups along lines of race, class, gender and nationality to understand how Asian American feminist organizing forges coalitions with others to collectively respond to the injustices wrought by globalizing processes. Prerequisite, one course in women's studies or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary examination of the tradition of black feminist thought as it spans African and African-American heritages. Exploration of how black women are not simply victims of oppression but visionary agents of change. Areas examined include history, literature, music, art, education, sociology and film. Prerequisite, one course in women's studies or consent of instructor. (Same as Africana Studies 405.) Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
Examines postcolonial critiques of Western feminism and efforts to create intersectional, transnational and anti-racist approaches to the study of women and gender around the world. Explores various issues in postcolonial feminist theory and practice, including the way advanced capitalist relations reproduce forms of sexualized, gendered and racialized domination, constructions of 'race' and indigeneity, the intersections of colonialism and neocolonialism with gender, nation, class, race and sexualities in women's lives, subjectivities and struggles against oppression. Prerequisite, one course in women's studies or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
This course uses feminist theories of gender, sexuality, and patriarchal culture to discuss the relationships between individual and societal forms of violence in relationships, on college campuses and in workplaces, including: sexual harassment, intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, rape, child abductions, cyberviolence, stalking, bullying, elder abuse, and hate crimes. Our discussions will center on positive action to change the culture of violence in which we live. Prerequisite, A course in Women's Studies or consent of Instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary investigation of past and present views of women and their roles, treatment and experiences in institutions such as the family, the state, the work force, language and sexuality. The diversity of women's experiences across age, class, ethnic, sexual, racial and national lines introduced, and theories of feminism and of women's studies discussed. (Writing-intensive.) (Oral Presentations.) (Proseminar.) Maximum enrollment, 16. Adair, Barry and Lacsamana.
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