Spring 2020

Examination of how gender and sexuality have been constructed, experienced and legislated.

Genealogies of queer theory, from psychoanalytic theories to feminism and post-structuralism; evolving concepts of gender; relation to social justice, resistance and power.

Experiential course examining how beliefs about mortality are produced by history, gender, culture, and context; how the handling of death shapes urban society.

Cross-cultural analysis and comparison of the experience and cultural conception of birth, maternity, parenthood, and childhood in western and non-western societies.

Interdisciplinary analysis of LGBTQ issues; examination of the intersections of gender and sexuality with social class, race, religion and nationality.

Contemporary debates and research in three areas: health bodies, science technologies; feminist/queer analytics in media and representation; critical approaches to race, culture and power.

Intensive experience with gender-focused community organizations; analysis of relationships between organizations and feminist and queer theory.

Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, and healing; historic and cultural variability of ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness and disability.

Exploration of shifting social organization and cultural meanings of same-sex desire and cross-gender behaviors in the U.S., primarily during the 20th century.

Psychological and physiological base of sexuality; gender identity, childbearing, birth control, venereal diseases; dysfunctions and treatments.

Introduction to works of major women writers from the Middle Agesto the 20th century in their literary, social, and cultural contexts.

Literary representations and theories of gender difference. Examines questions of gendered voice in writing and the cultural construction of gender in various periods and cultures.

An evaluation of the ways in which different ideologies, institutions, and policies contribute to differences in political power between men and women.

Major figures and their roles in French society and contributions to French literature. Conducted in French. Corequisite: FREN 330.

Interdisciplinary examination of social, personal meanings of masculinity; variety of male experience by social class, race, sexuality and age; emerging masculinities of the future.

Exploration of food, eating, production, sustainability, access, and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Research methods in gender and sexuality studies scholarship; study of feminist, queer and post-colonial epistemologies.

Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.

Gender and news media evolving images of women and men in print and electronic media. Impact of gender in content and style of news, television and cinema. Open to non-majors.

Independent research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of the honors thesis; for students in the Gender and Sexuality Studies Honors Program.

Study of a selected problem, period, or theme through interdisciplinary approaches.

The principal methods and assumptions by which race, class and gender have been studied in reference to literary and cultural discourse.

Women and immigration, employment, and household and family relations in the context of the global economy; women's social and political movements in diverse cultural contexts.

Surveys interdisciplinary research and theory on the human body, state power, scientific knowledge, professions and representation.

Interdisciplinary cross-cultural, historical, psychological, sociological, and contemporary political perspectives on female and male homosexual eroticism, and the emergence of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender identities.

Research leading to the master's degree in cognate fields. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

The social organization of gender in the contexts of work, families, intimacy, sexuality, reproduction, violence. Variations by race, ethnicity, social class. Processes of social change. Duplicates credit in former SOCI 552.