Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) - Archived: Recent submissions

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    • 21A.232J / WGS.172J Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender, Fall 2010 

      Paxson, Heather (2010-12)
      Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of the social institutions and symbolic meanings of family, household, gender, and sexuality. We will explore ...

    • SP.601J / 17.006 / 24.237 / WGS.601J Feminist Political Thought, Spring 2010 

      Wood, Elizabeth A. (2010-06)
      In this course we will examine the development of feminist theory over time. Some subjects we will examine in detail include suffrage and equality; radical feminism; psychoanalysis and feminism; theories of power; sexuality ...

    • 21L.448J / 21W.739J Darwin and Design, Fall 2009 

      Paradis, James (2009-12)
      In the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin gave us a model for understanding how natural objects and systems can evidence design without positing a designer: how purpose and mechanism can exist without intelligent ...