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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). Offers an introduction to African American women's history, exploring the most recently published scholarship on a range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century topics, from the historical symbolism of Africa to the meaning of work, health, community movements, and sexuality in the history women of African descent in the United States. Offered in alternate years. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). Compares feminism in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with feminism on a global scale. The non-United States segment of the course will focus on countries with active indigenous feminist movements. Is there a global movement for women's rights? Are women'srights also human rights? What parallels can we draw between the movement in the U.S. and indigenous movements happening outside of the U.S.? Do all women's rights activists call themselves feminist? NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits) or Spring (4 credits). Application of a sociological perspective to the study of women. Review of current information about women's positions in U.S. society with special attention to differences in class, race and ethnicity, and political ideology. Theories of power, discrimination, self-concept, and social action as applied to women's experiences. Prerequisite: WMST 150 or SOAN 100 or 102. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). Explores the connections between theory and practice with academic readings on activism and community building and student experiences as interns or community activists with non-profit organizations. Possible topics for projects are sexual violence, battering, poverty among women, self defense, women and the law, reproductive rights, or women's health issues. Offered in alternate years. NU and EV only.
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Spring (4 credits). Explores the understandings of sexuality from the colonial period to present, charting both the development of sexuality as a concept and the explosion of discussion about it. Topics include prostitution, rape, birth control, abortion, courting rituals, sexual revolution, women's liberation, sexual identity, and campaigns for lesbian and gay rights. Offered in alternate years. NU and EV only.
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Spring (4 credits). Examines recent research on the private and public lives of women from 1880 to the present with attention to the differences among women of varied regional, racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. Covers significant themes in women's history, including work inside and outside the household, reform movements, immigration, sexuality, and feminism. Offered in alternate years. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). Examines how the question of the representation of motherhood and the mother/daughter relationship is influenced by American popular culture since 1945. Analyzes how cultural concepts of motherhood and the mother/daughter bond reflect issues regarding ethnicity, class, sexuality, and generational differences. Offered as needed. NU and EV only.
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Spring (4 credits). Focuses on the rich tradition of women directors who have made their marks on film history and audiences. Students will focus on the films of a number of prominent female directors from a range of historical time periods, cinema traditions, and national film industries. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). Explores how contemporary Latin American women activists influence the political, social, and economic forces within their respective nations through mass mobilization and guerrilla movements. Offered as needed. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). Students will read the writings of the contemporary feminist movement referred to as the Third Wave. We will discuss whether the Third Wave can be distinguished from the Second Wave movement. Theoretical material, media (films and TV shows), and personal testimony of feminist action will be included. Offered as needed. NU and EV only.
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