SP.601J / 17.006J / 17.007J / 24.237J Feminist Theory, Spring 2008
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Wood, Elizabeth A.
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Feminist Theory
Date Issued
June 2008
Abstract
This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years, feminist scholars in a range of disciplines have challenged previously accepted notions of political theory such as the distinctions between public and private, the definitions of politics itself, the nature of citizenship, and the roles of women in civil society. In this course, we will examine different aspects of women's lives through the life cycle as seen from the vantage point of feminist theory. In addition, we will consider different ways of looking at power and political culture in modern societies, issues of race and class, poverty and welfare, and sexuality and morality. Acknowledgements The instructor would like to thank Lara Yeo for capturing notes and discussion questions in class.
Subjects
Men
Women
Gender
Feminists
Feminist Theory
Prostitution
Morality
Chromosomes
gender identification
work and family
welfare reform
paternity
maternity
divorce
globalization of women's labor
pornography
internet
military service
race
class
2008 election campaigns
body image
discrimination
date rape
rape
domestic violence
females in sports
embodied knowledge
sexuality
politics of consent
international economics
exile and pride
curious feminist
don't call us out of name
theorizing feminisms
undoing the silence
sneaker production
intersectionality
contextualize
historicize
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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