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.

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Athena Title

Global Perspectives on Gender

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in SOCI 4280W, WMST 4280W, LACS 4280W

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Prerequisite

SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or SOCI 2600 or permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Not offered on a regular basis.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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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.

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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

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