WGS.101 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Fall 2014
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Author(s)
Walsh, Andrea
Fox, Elizabeth
Alternative Title
Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Date Issued
December 2014
Abstract
This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary field that asks critical questions about the meanings of sex and gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's and Gender Studies, both historical and contemporary. Gender studies scholarship critically analyzes themes of gendered performance and power in a range of social spheres, such as education, law, culture, work, medicine and the family. WGS. 101 draws on multiple disciplines--such as literature, history, economics, psychology, sociology, philosophy, political science, anthropology and media studies-- to examine cultural assumptions about sex, gender, and sexuality. This course integrates analysis of current events through student presentations, aiming to increase awareness of contemporary and historical experiences of women, and of the multiple ways that sex and gender interact with race, class, nationality and other social identities.
Subjects
gender
women
law
culture
education
work
medicine
social policy
family
women's rights
race
class
Senaca Falls
suffrage
The Yellow Wallpaper
Rosie the Riveter
activism
gender roles
beauty
sexuality
marriage
transgender
gender equality
sweatshop
pro-choice
pro-life
feminist
MIT Department
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies
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