WS 832 (01) - Feminist Theory

Feminist Theory

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   10  
CRN: 13827
A multidisciplinary introduction to some of the major conversations and methodologies in feminist theory (e.g., materialist feminism, standpoint epistemologies, psychoanalysis, discourses of sexuality and the body, transnational feminism, postcolonialism and decolonization). Critical readings of landmark and more recent feminist texts, and discussion of gender in relation to other categories of analysis including sexuality, race, class, nation, disability and religion.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Instructors: STAFF

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/30/2021 12/13/2021 T 3:40pm - 6:00pm HS 332
Additional Course Details: 

This course aims to familiarize students with the history of modern feminist thinking, and the many divergent strands of contemporary feminist thought. The course involves heavy reading assignments from the 18th-21st centuries, and discussion of gender in relation to other categories of analysis including sexuality, race, class, nation, disability, and religion.