WGS 440 - Seminar in Women and Gender Studies

Course looks at some critical books and essays that compose the theoretical underpinnings of the last twenty years in feminist theory. The seminar will raise issues and study different approaches to questions such as: women’s relationship to language; the social construction of knowledge; the history of patriarchal policies: the politics of women’s bodies; “mothering” as a concept and activity.

Prerequisites & Notes
Adv Codes: R WGS minors prereq of WGS 201, all others need permission from the instructor to register. Women and Gender Studies course.

Credits: 3