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Gender in Global Context

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.		 REMOTE 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Location
REMOTE
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course is an introduction to studying women's lives and the gender systems that shape them across cultures and countries, as it examines a variety of global processes and approaches, including patriarchy, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. Students will consider issues of gender and sexuality by looking at the ways in which people are connected in a network of global flows of capital, ideas, and activism. Topics include: work, poverty, images of the body, violence, faith, and feminism.

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/27/2025 - 5/14/2025

Location

REMOTE

Enrolled / Capacity

34 / 35

Status

Closed

Instructor

Shilpi Suneja

Tuition*

$1984 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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