Sex/Gender in Critical Perspective (FGSS Gateway)(FYS)
FGSS 200F
Fall 2024
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01
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Feminist, gender and sexuality studies is an exciting interdisciplinary field that addresses gender, sex, and sexuality as well as related issues of race, class, nation, and citizenship across multiple disciplines, epistemologies, methods, and vantage points. At its most fundamental, the field addresses how persons are identified and identify themselves as similar to and different from each other and the relation of these categories of difference to power relations. The study of feminist and queer thought on sex/gender and sexuality offers a critical lens through which to examine social structures and social problems, inequality, difference and diversity, identity and the self, belonging and community, and the possibility of social change, among other topics. This course will offer a broad introduction to the field and provide a foundation for further study of specific areas of interest.
The primary goals are to (1) explore the multiple ways feminist and queer scholars have understood sex, gender, and sexuality; (2) explore different methods and styles of feminist thought and expression; (3) situate these in time and place, with attention to historical and cultural contexts; and (4) explore the intersections of sex, gender, and sexuality with race, nation, and other categories of difference. The course will cover aspects of first-wave feminism (e.g., suffrage and the abolitionist movement); second-wave feminism and critical theories of sex/gender; and contemporary feminism, including queer theory, intersectionality and race, and transnational and postcolonial feminism. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS FGSS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (EDST)(FGSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Readings may include: McCann, Kim, and Ergun, 2020,"Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives"; Butler, UNDOING GENDER; Hill Collins, BLACK SEXUAL POLITICS; Magubane, "Which Bodies Matter? Feminism, Poststructuralism, Race and the Curious Theoretical Odyssey of the "Hottentot Venus"; Crenshaw, "Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color"; Lorde, ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME; Puar, "Circuits of Queer Mobility"; Ahmed, "An Affinity of Hammers," among others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Five brief written responses to the readings roughly 1 single-spaced page each; Critical Media Essay (4-5 pages); Final Paper (8-10 pages) |
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| Instructor(s): Duncan,Zora Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: PAC004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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