FALL 1997
Women's Studies Course Webpages:
WMST 290: Intro to Women's
Studies
WMST 497: Research in Women's
Studies
27364 WMST 290-01 Intro To Women's Studies 10:00AM-10:50AM MWF Dietzel TBA WMST 290-02 Intro To Women's Studies 11:00AM-11:50AM MWF Dietzel This course is an introduction to key concepts, theoretical frameworks, and interdisciplinary research in the scholarship on women. Its primary focus is on the diverse experiences of women in the contemporary U.S. WMST 491-00H Independent Studies TBA TBA WMST 495-00 Internship Studies TBA TBA 27382 WMST 497-70 Research in Women's Studies 9:30AM-10:45AM TR Willinger, B. In this course students will explore what is meant by feminist research and how one goes about doing it. Students begin by exploring the current issues and debates regarding feminist research methods, methodology and epistemology. They will then tap into the research in women's studies to read and discuss how method, methodology and epistemology come together in published works.
Prerequisite: WMST 290 WMST 499-00 Honors Thesis TBA TBA
COURSES APPROVED FOR CROSS-LISTING
27802 COMM 460-01 Intercultural Communication
3:00PM-4:15PM MW Houston, M.
This course is a critical examination of ways in which communication
between persons in interethnic, intercultural, and international contexts
is influenced by intersections of gender, ethnicity, class, and other
forms of diversity both within and across cultural groups. It will
offer an overview of theoretical approaches to intercultural communication,
with an emphasis on power differences within and among groups, social
and cultural identity, cultural histories, symbol systems, migration and
adaptation, interpersonal conflict, and developing satisfying intergroup
relationships.
27997 ENLS 401-01 Special Topics:
Women Embodied: Strategies of Performance and Representation
2:00PM-2:50PM MWF Koritz, A.
This course will examine how writers and performers have represented and enacted female physicality in the performed arts, literature,
and other aspects of modern Western culture. We will study an interdisciplinary range of texts and performances, including Isadora Duncan's
essays on dance, the plays of Maris Irene Fornes, Edith Wharton's House of Mirth, films of the dancers Martha Graham and Josephine Baker,
fashion magazines, and recent scholarship on the cultural meanings of women's bodies.
21853 ENLS 484-01 Performance Studies
9:30AM-10:45AM TR Mark, R.
This course will complement the visit of Zale Writer-in-Residence,
Deb Margolin, playwright/performance artist.
Instructor permission required.
21871 ENLS 501-02 Cinema, Psyche, Society
2:00PM-4:00PM MW Rothenberg, M.
This seminar addresses the questions "What theories of the role of
the unconscious in subject formation best illuminate our understanding
of the social construction of subjectivity? How do these theories engage
or critique the currently fashionable performative' hypothesis? How is
cinematic production implicated in subject formation? What particular
approaches to these issues are offered by psychoanalytically-based film
and gender theory and their critics? What analyses of the role of the
unconscious and the construction of subjectivity are available within
the medium of film itself? ."
Prerequisite: ENLS 471 or instructor's permission.
28240 HIST 607-70 Women in Africa
3:00PM-5:30PM W Presley, C.
This seminar is an examination of African Women's roles in traditional
domestic production, their relationships to the state in African societies
from 1400 to the present, and the impact of social change on women in
the colonial and post-independence periods.
27910 SOCI 213-01 Families & American Welfare State
10:00AM-10:50AM MWF Sanchez, L
26122 SOCI 606-01 Issues in Sociology of Gender
2:30PM-5:00PM W Sanchez, L.
This course examines theories, methods, and research in selected areas
of the sociology of gender. This semester's topics include the acquisition
of gender identity, changing social definitions of masculinity and
femininity, diversity of gendered life, employment experiences, the
intersection of work and family, and social policy. This course
challenges students to understand and critically evaluate feminist
and non-feminist perspectives on gender and society. Using a seminar
format, the professor emphasizes the development of three fundamental
skills: (1) summarizing and critically evaluating differing perspectives
and research; (2) collecting and analyzing relevant sociological data;
and (3) effectively communicating ideas in a scholarly fashion both
orally and in written format. The professor assumes that students are
familiar with basic sociological theories and methods and/or that they
have had some prior exposure to gender studies.
(Note: Preference given to Sociology Majors and Minors; 9 credits of
Sociology OR Instructor Approval Required)
28360 SPAN 410-01 Gender/Sexuality in Hispanic Culture
11:00AM-12:15PM TR Shea, M.
This course will focus on issues of gender and sexuality in Spain
and/or Latin America. It will include consideration of literary and other
texts, including popular music, art and cinema.
28858 CTED 447-01 Women Teachers in American Schools
12:30PM-3:00PM W Manning, D.
Although women traditionally have comprised over 90% of the teaching
work force, most "higher" level teaching and administrative positions,
as well as recognition for educational innovations, have been assigned
to men. To gain a more balanced perspective on women's actual
contributions to American education, students will examine first person
oral histories, archival documents, and essays by mostly
unacknowledged women educators. Students will learn to use
primary source material and demonstrate their mastery by developing
an original research project. This course meets the "Foundations
of Education" requirement for teacher certification.
28900 4LAW 512-01 Feminist Legal Theory
Time: TBA O'Neill, T.
The course will present an overview of feminist legal theories, including
"radical," "cultural," postmodern, and critical race aspects of feminist
legal thought. We will also examine the application of feminist theories
to specific areas of law, e.g., contract law, property law, international
law, etc.
Prerequisites: WMST 299 and WMST 399, 3.5 GPA, and approval of Women's
Studies Program Director.
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