SP.401 / WGS.401 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Spring 2009

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Surkan, Kim
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Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
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Abstract
This course is designed as an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies, an academic area of study focused on the ways that sex and gender manifest themselves in social, cultural, and political contexts. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's Studies scholarship, both historical and contemporary. This semester you will become acquainted with many of the critical questions and concepts feminist scholars have developed as tools for thinking about gendered experience. In addition, we will study the interconnections among systems of oppression (such as sexism, racism, classism, ethnocentrism, homophobia/heterosexism, transphobia, ableism and others.) In this course you will learn to "read" and analyze gender, exploring how it impacts our understanding of the world.
Date issued
2009-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96948
Department
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies
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SP.401-Spring2009
local: SP.401
local: WGS.401
local: IMSCP-MD5-864183e77b735bd5dd930438ab0dda89
Keywords
women's studies, gender studies, sex, gender, oppression, sexism, racism, ethnocentrism, homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia ableism, sexuality, reproduction, families, motherhood, women's health, globalization, activism, politics, feminism, patriarchy
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