CONTEMPORARY THEORIZING IN GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES

Name: CONTEMPORARY THEORIZING IN GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
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GEN&WS 830

과목 설명

Examines assumptions and debates in contemporary theorizing about gender and women including what constitutes "good" gender and women studies' theorizing, how to recognize gender-based oppression when we see it, how gender, race, sexuality, and other hierarchies of power intersect, as well as the merits of transnational theorizing about gender and women. Explores whether gender and women's studies' theorizing is a form of activism, how to teach theory in gender and women's studies' classrooms, the value of cultivating distinct gender and women studies' methods, and other dimensions of putting gender and women's studies' theorizing into practice.

선수과목

Graduate/professional standing

충족 요건

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

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평점

6.67% 과거 데이터 대비

수료율

100%

5.88% 과거 데이터 대비

A 비율

100%

12.5% 과거 데이터 대비

학급 규모

8.33% 과거 데이터 대비

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강사 (2026 Summr)

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Provides an overview of the field of gender and women's studies. Surveys the origin of the field and traces its major transformations. Explores and analyzes historical and contemporary debates that have shaped and continue to shape the field. Interrogates the mission of gender and women's studies. Examines the processes and products of academic professionalization. Investigates the value of graduate training in gender and women's studies.