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(Same as Sociology 185) This course aims to introduce students to a variety of social problems and the possibilities of social change. It examines general issues such as economic inequality and poverty, racial and ethnic inequality, and social inequality based on gender and sexual orientation. It then looks at the ways in which these problems manifest themselves in institutions and policies concerning education, health care, the family, the criminal justice system and the environment. Within each of these areas of concern, we focus on the ways in which the issues relate specifically to women and gender. We also discuss social movements that have attempted to address economic, racial, and gender inequality, and concrete proposals to address the problems we study. This course is taught that at the Taconic Correctional Facility for Women to a combined class of Vassar students and students from Taconic. Ms. Shanley, Ms. Leonard. Prerequisites: permission of the instructor
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(Same as Economics 204a) An analysis of gender in education, earnings, employment, and the division of labor within the household. Topics include a study of occupational segregation, discrimination, the role of "protective legislation" in the history of labor law, and effects of changes in the labor market of the U.S. We also study the economics of marriage, divorce, and fertility. A comparative study of gender roles in other parts of the world is the final topic in the course. Ms. Johnson-Lans.Two 75 minute sessions. Prerequisite: Economics 101.
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(Same as Africana Studies 218a and English 218a) This course considers matters of gender and sexuality in literary texts, criticism, and theory. The focus varies from year to year, and may include study of a historical period, literary movement, or genre; constructions of masculinity and femininity-, sexual identities; or representations of gender in relation to race and class. Topic for 2008/09a: (Same as Africana Studies 218 and English 218) Black Feminism. This course examines the development and history of black feminism in the United States. Through reading works of fiction, memoir, and theory, we explore the central concerns of the black feminist movement,and consider black feminism's response to Civil Rights, Black Nationalism, and white feminism. Authors may include Anna Julia Cooper, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, and others. Ms. Dunbar. Two 75-minute sessions.
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Ms. Robertson, Ms. Reno. Two 75 minute periods.
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(Same as Film 230) Ms. Kozloff. Two 75-minute sessions, plus outside screenings. Prerequisite: One course in film or women's studies. Not offered in 2008/09.
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(Same as Music 231) Two 75-minute sessions. Not offered in 2008/09.
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Topics vary from year to year. Topic for 2008/09: Representations of Gender in American Popular Media. From the perspective of feminist cultural studies the course considers aspects of contemporary American culture: movies, toys, television, popular fiction, cultural rituals and ceremonies. Ms. Robertson, Mr. Schneider. Two 75 minute sessions. Prerequisites: Women's Studies 130, or permission of the instructor.
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(Same as International Studies 251 b) This course explores issues pertinent to women's experiences in different Third World cultural and national contexts, focusing on feminist political analyses and activism pertaining to a range of issues affecting women. The course examines how political fundamentalism, nationalism and postcoloniality affect different women's identities and choices, and how feminists negotiate these forces in their struggles for women's empowerment. In addition to theoretical readings on Third World feminism, we address issues ranging from cultural practices, to issues of sexuality and reproductive rights, and issues pertaining to development and women's place in the contemporary global economy. MsPiesc
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(Same as Urban Studies 276b) This course explores the inter-relation of gender and key spatial forms and practices such as the home, the city, the hotel, migration, shopping, community activism and walking at night. The course draws on feminist theoretical work from diverse fields such as geography, architecture, anthropology and urban studies not only to begin to map the gendered divisions of the social world but also to understand gender itself as a spatial practice. Ms Brawley. Two 75-minute periods. Not offered in 2008/09.
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Focusing on selected episodes in the history of French feminism from the 1789 Revolution to the present, this course examines the contrast, often striking, between the actual words and deeds of feminists, and the ways in which feminist groups or individuals have been portrayed by journalists, cartoonists, historians, psychologists, politicians, philosophers, and filmmakers. Engaged in a dialectical interaction with their surroundings, these various feminists or feminist groups often shaped their theory and practice differently according to how the wider culture responded to their diverse cultural, ethnic, sexual and linguistic identities. Topics include marriage (gay and straight), slavery, socialism, suffrage, education, and reproductive rights. Scholarly works are read in conjunction with primary sources in English translation, including political manifestos, a play, letters, a memoir, essays, and two films with English subtitles. Ms. Hart
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