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| Course ID: | SOCI(WMST)(LACS) 4280. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Global Perspectives on Gender | Course
Description: | The diverse social and cultural manifestations of gender located within an economic, social, and political context. Case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean. | | Oasis Title: | Global Perspectives on Gender | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SOCI 4280W, WMST 4280W, LACS 4280W | | Prerequisite: | SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or SOCI 2600 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | After critiquing Western-origin theories and understandings of gender, this course
surveys research on gender as it is manifested and constructed in different
cultural contexts of the modern world. The course develops a comparative
perspective and explores the ways in which gender intersects with other important
status attributes such as nationality, race-ethnicity, sexual orientation, and
social class in a global division of labor.
Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the course content in a
research paper. | | Topical Outline: | I. Theories of gender in global perspectives
Critiques of Western models
Theories of the origin of gender distinctions
Multiracial feminist theories of gender
Theories of gender and development
II. Gender in the Latin American context
III. Gender in the Asian context
III. Gender in the African context
IV. Gender in contemporary Europe
V. Gender and the state in cross-national context
VI. Global movements for change | | Honor Code Reference: | All students must be familiar with university policy on cheating. | |
| Course ID: | SOCI(WMST)(LACS) 4280W. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Global Perspectives on Gender |
Course
Description: | The diverse social and cultural manifestations of gender located
within an economic, social, and political context. Case studies
drawn from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the
Caribbean. |
| Oasis Title: | Global Perspectives on Gender |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SOCI 4280, WMST 4280, LACS 4280 |
| Prerequisite: | SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
|
| Course Objectives: | After critiquing Western-origin theories and understandings of
gender, this course surveys research on gender as it is
manifested and constructed in different cultural contexts of
the modern world. The course develops a comparative
perspective and explores the ways in which gender intersects
with other important status attributes such as nationality,
race-ethnicity, sexual orientation, and social class in a
global division of labor.
Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the
course content in a research paper. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Theories of gender in global perspectives
Critiques of Western models
Theories of the origin of gender distinctions
Multiracial feminist theories of gender
Theories of gender and development
II. Gender in the Latin American context
III. Gender in the Asian context
III. Gender in the African context
IV. Gender in contemporary Europe
V. Gender and the state in cross-national context
VI. Global movements for change |
| Honor Code Reference: | All students must be familiar with university policy on
cheating. |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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