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Feminisms, Intersectionality & Social Justice: Histories, Debates, Futures

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
University Hall Y03-3380 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Location
University Hall Y03-3380
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

Students critically engage a sampling of key works, some classic and some 'hot off the presses,' that explore feminist thinking about a variety of topics, as well as the ways that feminist theorists construct and complicate analyses of power, privilege, and oppression. The aim is to train students to grapple with a range of concepts and frameworks that inspire and inform feminist research and activism. Throughout the course, we engage the burgeoning critical scholarly discussion of  'intersectionality'-at once a lens, a framework, and a core concept-which has gained increasing prominence in feminist discourse and requires careful consideration. The course is structured around broad themes through which gender is complicated by multiple axes of identity-race, culture, social class, and sexual orientation.

Prerequisites

WGS 100 or WGS 110 or WGS 150

This course is closed for registration.

Course Details