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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on cultural theories relevant to literary and gender studies. Emphasizing their central critiques and intersections, most readings will concentrate on gender, race, postcolonial, and multicultural theories. This class fulfills the upper-division theory requirement for English majors.
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2.00 Credits
(Re)framing the Realities of Women in Leadership What does the media teach us about women (or gender) and leadership, aggression and behavior? What does interpersonal and organizational communication teach us? Why are words like "bitch" and "bossy" so interesting yet problematic? Are they a badge or a burden? Come unpack Bitch and its related adjectives to figure out what you want to embrace and what we wish would go away.
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4.00 Credits
Love and sexuality are two of the most crucial and complex aspects of our identities. Moreover, these concepts are often intertwined and sometimes pitted against one another. In this class, we will examine different approaches to this topic from a wide selection of philosophical traditions. Furthermore, we will supplement traditional philosophical readings with analyses of artifacts from popular culture, such as music, movies, and television. All of this will prepare us to ask and respond to various questions, such as "what is love, what is sex, and how are they related?" "In what ways do who and how we love make us who we are?" "How is sexuality a personally and politically important construct?" and "How can love change the world?"
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on women's experiences with work and justice in America. This is an advanced course in feminist economic social justice. Much of the course will look at women and waged work. Students will interrogate the role of political economy in perpetuating male dominance (that is, creating "gender") and in reinforcing race, class, and ethnic hierarchies. The course seeks to equip students to investigate the theory, methods, and substance of feminist political economy through a focus on gender and work.
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4.00 Credits
From the #MeToo movement to the Trump administration's attack on protections for college victims of sexual assault, campus sexual violence-how it is perpetrated, how it is experienced, and how we respond to it-is changing rapidly. This course will expose students to the most up-to-date science about college sexual assault and allow students to make a scientific contribution of their own on the subject. Students will work as part of a research team conducting an in-depth study on how a local university responds to reports of sexual assault. Students who take this course will gain research experience, build expertise on one of today's most challenging social issues, and expand their sociological imaginations. Students must apply to take this course. Anyone interested must submit a cover letter, a digital copy of their unofficial transcript, a resume/CV, and a letter of recommendation from a faculty member or relevant community leader. All application materials may be submitted to nbedera@umich.edu. Applications are due March 20th.
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2.00 Credits
I watch soap operas. I bake brownies. Normalcy is coursing through my veins. Jackie-O, Mark Waters's House of Yes One of the earliest representations of non-normative gender performances in film is The Dickinson Experimental Sound Film of 1894/5. Lasting only 17 seconds, the film captures a man playing a violin into a large recording horn while two men danced "cheek to cheek". The dancing men perhaps were an after thought for William Kennedy Dickson, the Scottish inventor who recorded the film, or as Vito Russo insists, in The Celluloid Closet (1981), as a direct representation of homoerotic affection between men. Nevertheless this film demonstrates the power found in questioning heteronormative constructs of gender identities and sexuality and raises questions of how films both represent, either by accident or design, non-normative sexual desire that ultimately become part of cultural identities. In this course we will explore representative films of queer cinema not only for their aesthetic value but also for their political meaning and historical legacy. Some of the themes and films we will explore are: problematic yet impressive explorations of gender identities of the pre-code era such as Sidney Drew's A Florida Enchantment (1914) and George Cukor's Sylvia Scarlett (1935); homoerotic desire in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948) and Kenneth Anger's short films; iconic camp films such as Robert Aldrich's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and Frank Perry's Mommie Dearest (1975); boundary and taste pushing films in the aftermath of Stonewall such as John Waters's Pink Flamingos (1972); and contemporary films where the pretense of "suggestive" homoerotic love interests are dropped and fully explored such as Sean S. Baker's Tangerine (2015) and Cline Sciamma's Girlhood (2014) .
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4.00 Credits
The dynamics of family interaction and the changing structure and functions of the family institution. The effect of economic, social, demographic, and cultural changes in male-female relationships, marriage, divorce, sex roles, child care, etc., are analyzed and discussed. This course does not fulfill WCore requirments.
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2.00 Credits
Course description with prerequisites: This class will provide students with an introduction to the study of folklore, with an emphasis on gender and folklore. Through written and oral literature, material objects, and performance, we will explore several aspects of the traditional culture of women and men. The course will include a significant service-learning component, which students will satisfy during the Living Traditions Festival in Salt Lake City. Students will volunteer at and attend the Festival, through which a portion of class time will be fulfilled.
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4.00 Credits
On this May Term Study Experience students will explore Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Reykjavik - three cities that are visually stunning with a rich cultural history. Copenhagen is known as a food destination in itself, Reykjavik is known for breathtaking glaciers and contemporary art, and Stockholm is known as one of the world's top pop music exporters. With these exciting cultures as our backdrop, participants will delve into the search for social justice among Scandinavia and Iceland's top policy makers, artists, and community activists. In small-group meetings, we will ask the following questions: "Where do they see a need for change or social transformation?" "What means or mechanisms do artists and policy makers use to further their goals?" And finally, "what would equality look like for them?" These are important questions because Scandinavia and Iceland top the world for gender equality, yet has much work to do around race, ethnicity, and immigration. Students will return from the trip with a better understanding of Scandinavian and Icelandic social policy and the advocacy work that remains to be done both within Scandinavia and the United States.
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4.00 Credits
This course will lead students through an examination of the intersections of race, class, gender and disabilities in narrative medicine. We will examine diverse representations of health issues as a means to develop an understanding of how cultural and political attitudes shape how the medical field responds and treats marginalized populations. This course will study how structural racism, sexism, cissexism and ableism are present in the practice of medicine and how this informs and is informed by law and popular culture. This course is divided into three sections. The first section, Eugenics and Ethnic Minority Bodies, explores the long-term health effects of racism, poverty, and sexism on women of color. The second section, Transgender Articulations, explores the legal and cultural classifications that shape health practices for transgender individuals and how this affects hormonal and surgical interventions. The third section, Disability & the New Genetics, explores the disability rights critique on how prenatal testing supports an argument for genetic perfection and reinforces discrimination against people with disabilities.
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