SP.401 / WGS.401 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Fall 2010
This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that asks critical questions about the meaning of gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's and Gender...
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| description | This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that asks critical questions about the meaning of gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's and Gender Studies scholarship, both historical and contemporary. Gender scholarship critically analyzes themes of gendered performance and power in a range of social spheres, such as law, culture, work, medicine and the family. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/982642019-09-12T16:11:02Z SP.401 / WGS.401 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Fall 2010 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies Walsh, Andrea Fox, Elizabeth women's studies gender studies division of labor race ethnicity power authority gender equality feminism sexuality social construction This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that asks critical questions about the meaning of gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's and Gender Studies scholarship, both historical and contemporary. Gender scholarship critically analyzes themes of gendered performance and power in a range of social spheres, such as law, culture, work, medicine and the family. 2010-12 SP.401-Fall2010 local: SP.401 local: WGS.401 local: IMSCP-MD5-ca1945d6b687cf3b5488357b6abdf1db http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98264 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2015. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. Usage Restrictions: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ text/html Fall 2010 |
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| title | SP.401 / WGS.401 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Fall 2010 |
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| title_short | SP.401 / WGS.401 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Fall 2010 |
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| topic | women's studies gender studies division of labor race ethnicity power authority gender equality feminism sexuality social construction |
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