Gen&WS 370: Special Topics in Gender and Disability
Examines the social, cultural, political, and symbolic constructions of the intersecting categories of gender and disability.
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Gen&WS 371: Disability and Gender in Film
Interdisciplinary analysis of the films about disability, stigmatized bodies, and their gendered constructions using feminist and disability studies methods.
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Explores gender identity and sexuality among disabled people using historical and theoretical articles to discuss and analyze films, memoirs, and poetry by people with disabilities. Provides a brief introduction to disability studies and intersectionality before delving into academic discussions and artistic representations of the intersections of disability, gender, and sexuality.
File: GenWS-374_Schalk_Fall-2021.pdfGen&WS 410: Special Topics in Gender and Visual Culture Feminist Art and Visual Culture
Explores topics in gender and visual culture, including artistic practice, political and creative expression, and cultural phenomena.
File: GenWS-410-Fall-2024_Campbell.pdfGen&WS 422: Women and the Law
Legal system, laws, and proposed legislation that have specific impact on the lives of women. Topics investigated in both the social and legal contexts.
File: GWS-422_2018_Spring_Charleston.pdfGen&WS 423: The Female Body in the World
Explores the social, cultural, and political construction of the female/feminine body. Considers specifically the bodies of women and girls, transgender women, non-binary people that embody the feminine, female masculinities, and bodies that identify and are identified as female, as bodies that have historically and traditionally been sites of political contention, of societal meaning making, of cultural symbolism, and active resistance.
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Examines the relationship between dominant images of women and men and their self-images, as they emerge in expressive culture in various societies.
File: Gender-and-Expressive-Culture-Syllabus-2019-Final.docxGen&WS 435: The Politics of Gender and Women’s Rights in the Middle East
Explores the intertwined relationship between gender and politics in contemporary Middle East and North Africa. Situates the region's historical, socio-political, and cultural context that have particularly contributed to shaping the current discourse on gender in the Arab World. Explores - both theoretically and empirically - the role of Arab women in influencing the political processes across the Middle East.
File: GWS_435_F_2023-Syllabus.pdfGen&WS 441: Contemporary Feminist Theories
Contemporary theoretical positions and debates about feminisms in the humanities and social sciences. Enroll Info: 3 credits of GEN&WS and sophomore standing.
File: GWS-441_2019_Fall_Lindsay.pdfGen&WS 445: The Body in Theory
Explores a broad range of contemporary theories concerned with bodies and power. Intersections with gender, race, class, dis / ability, sexuality and nation.
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