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WGSS 2010: Intro to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Daniel McCarthy-Howard | CRN: 51471 | Online/ Asynch
Beginning with an exploration of Kimberlé Crenshaw's concept of intersectionality, learn about the foundational concepts of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Units in this course include feminisms, masculinities, sexualities, understanding systems and structures, and coalition and world-building.
WGSS 3110: Gender and Society
Sonny Nordmarken | CRN: 54910 | Online/ Asynch | Crosslist: SOCI 3216, CRN: 52800
Topics include: the social construction of sexuality, queer theory and queer sexualities, gendered expectations for desire, reproductive justice, sexuality theories, coloniality of sexuality, state and nation, LGBTQ+ history, AIDS activism, disability and sexuality, sex work, kink/BDSM, gender diversity, intersex, and legal battles.
WGSS 3150: Sexuality and Society
Sonny Nordmarken| CRN: 53947 | Online/ Asynch | Crosslist: SOCI 3156, CRN: 53946
Considering gender a social construction produced in social relations, we will examine the multiple forces at play in the processes that maintain structural inequalities and social actors’ attempts to navigate and resist these operations of power. We’ll focus on research in the areas of gender and sex diversity, masculinity, Black Feminist Thought, race and racism, education, disability, health, work and family, relationship and sexual violence, reproduction, policing, and politics.
WGSS 3910: Women in American History
Eliza Martin| CRN: 54850| Online/ Asynch | Crosslist: HIST
This course will examine the historical development of the United States of America from colonial times to the present with special reference to the contributions of women. The course will review changes in feminism, gender, and the Constitution of the United States, i.e., the 19th amendment, the Suffragettes, their relationship to abolition and other feminist campaigns.
MAYMESTER: WGSS 4590/6590: Barbie and the Fantasy Feminist Dreamworld
Julie Kubala | CRN: 54905/54906 | M-F 11:00-1:20 PM
Crosslist: ANTH 4980/6980- CRN: 54907/54908; ENGL 3260/6202- CRN: 54946/54947; SOCI 8900-CRN: 54925; FLME 4810- CRN: 54959
The remarkable success of Barbie (2023) as a popular cultural phenomenon cries out for feminist analysis. With its stunning visuals and witty one-liners, the film relies on the juxtaposition of childhood nostalgia and a normalization of feminism that sharply contrasts with most Hollywood productions. On the other hand, however, the film provides a critique of the patriarchy that many viewers find, ultimately, unsatisfying. In this class, we will read this film alongside other visual representations and textual analyses of feminist icons in order to explore these questions: What are the limits of mainstream attempts at inclusionary representations of gender? How do narratives of empowerment intertwine with movements for social justice? The class, then, investigates the materiality of pop culture in the context of broader debates within feminism in its intersectional instantiations. In order to explore these questions, we will analyze film, social media texts, popular culture images, theoretical essays, and other writings.
WGSS 4910/ 6910: Monsters and Magical Creatures
Cassandra White | CRN: 54948/54501 | Online/ Asynch | Crosslist: ANTH 4680/6680- CRN: 52835/52836
In this anthropology course, we will explore how people in different cultural contexts understand “nonempirical beings,” or beings which cannot be verified scientifically but that nonetheless may play an important part in daily life. We will also discuss the ways that global and local inequalities and historical constructions of racial identity, politics, class, and gender shape (and may be shaped by) practices of religion, healing, magic, and sorcery.
WGSS 8006: Feminist Pedagogy
Daniel Coleman | CRN: 51976| MW 10:55-1:25/ Online
Feminist Pedagogy is a graduate-level course covering how to co-create a feminist classroom in pedagogy, curriculum, and classroom environment/dynamics. Embedded into this course will be tenants of anti-racist, anti-ableist, queer and trans-genderful pedagogy; how to decolonize knowledge production and the curriculum/syllabus; how to create the space for difference without compromising feminist values; and how to practice dialogical/discussion-based classrooms while maintaining curricular goals.