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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary exploration of feminist methods of social analysis. Emphasis on how feminist inquiry has transformed how we think about and study gender in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, 101 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20. Barry.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the status of women in the workforce and discuss issues which women face, including: work-life integration, leadership styles, pay inequity, glass ceilings and sticky floors, pregnancy discrimination, (wo)mentoring, and sex and race discrimination. We also discuss interconnections among equality issues: sex, race, class, age, sexual orientation and disability. We will also focus on organizational changes, e.g., flexible work policies, that ease women's integration of work and family roles. Prerequisite, 101 or consent of the instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Michele Paludi.
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3.00 Credits
Examines class and class struggle as it is associated with ethnicity, nation, race, gender and sexuality in the United States. Uses representations of class and class struggle in history and in contemporary literary, cinematic, social change movement and academic texts. Prerequisite, one course in women's studies, sociology, economics or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Adair.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of globalization and its impact on the economic experience of women. Topics include the definition of globalization with particular emphasis on economic globalization; restructuring in the industrialized economies; gender-related issues in the labor markets of industrialized countries, such as occupational segregation, wage gap, feminization of the labor process; structural adjustment; and case studies of female labor participation in the Third World. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, 102. (Same as Economics 316.) Maximum enrollment, 20. N Balkan.
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3.00 Credits
A comparative investigation of U.S. women writing their own stories through the genre of autobiography in the 19th and 20th centuries. Attention to theoretical and practical questions of ideology, genre, language, audience and reception. Particular focus on women's self-representation as hegemonic transgression at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, nationality and ableism. Prerequisite, one course in women's studies and some coursework in comparative literature or literary theory, or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Adair.
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3.00 Credits
A cultural studies examination of women's long-standing association with the private space of the home, in particular the kitchen, and the production and consumption of food. Grounded by feminist theoretical discussions of domesticity, the class analyzes how notions of family, community and cultural practices connected to food are differentiated by race, class, ethnicity and nationality. Prerequisite, 101 or consent of the instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Barry.
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3.00 Credits
This course considers the ways in which gender and race interact in a legal context. It looks at the role of women beginning with the early 20th century United States and examines "small cases" concerning women's rights and "hidden histories" of racialized gender. The class looks at public and private regulatory regimes and the litigants, histories, parties, strategies, and theoretical implications in these regimes. Some subject areas covered include constitutional law, reproductive freedom, the workplace, the family and women in the legal profession. Prerequisite, WMNST 101 or consent of the instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Lolita Buckner Inniss.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of the varying degrees and types of power available to women in ancient Egypt and Greece. Students will analyze evidence from art, archaeology, classical literature, history and sociology to interpret the social construction of race, gender, class and sexuality in these ancient societies. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one course in Latin, Greek, classical studies or women's studies. (Same as Classics 341.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Haley.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of contemporary theories of sexual development, identity and practice through a feminist/critical theory lens. Topics include theories of gender and sexuality, constructions and practices of masculinity and femininity, historical, geographical and cultural constructions of heterosexuality and homosexuality, lesbian/gay/bi/trans sexuality and gender identity, sexual objectification and commodification, reproduction, sexual politics, sexual/social violence and resistance and sexuality as mitigated by codes of race, class, gender and age. Prerequisite, two courses in women's studies or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Adair.
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3.00 Credits
Comprehensive examination of global feminism, focusing on the rise of women's movements for economic and social justice. Attention to the role of socio-cultural constructions of femininity and masculinity; issues of violence against women and children; poverty; economic, sexual and civil rights; immigration and citizenship; global migration; and the construction of identity by dismantling national and transnational relations of exploitative power regimes. Prerequisite, one course in women's studies or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Lacsamana.
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