| Course Number |
Course Title |
Instructor |
Day & Time |
Term |
SOCY 1006/
WMST 1006 |
Social Construction of Sexuality Discusses the social determinants of sexuality. Analyzes the economic, psychological, and cultural influences on human sexuality. Interactional perspective of human sexuality is presented. Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. |
M Brown |
M-F 12:30-3:30 |
M |
| LING 2400 |
Language and Gender Familiarizes students with the effects of gender on language use; discusses popular beliefs and scholarly theories about language and communication. Provides students with tools for exploring the role of language and gender. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Recitation section required. |
|
M-F 9am-12pm |
M |
| ENGL 4038 |
Critical Thinking in English Studies: Victorian Sexualities Concerned with developments in the study of literature that have significantly influenced our conception of the theoretical bases for study and expanded our understanding of appropriate subject matter. May not be repeated. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) English (ENGL) or Humnanities (HUMN) majors only. |
S Zemka |
M-F 12:30-3:30 |
M |
| WMST 3710/ ENGL 3217 |
Topics in Gender Studies: Gender, Violence, Representation Are women inherently non-violent by nature? Is aggression an essentially masculine trait? Can men suffer gendered violence? Are violent women being “masculine”? Are Third world societies more violent and misogynist than those of the First world? Is colonial occupation a queer issue? In this interdisciplinary course we will address such questions by examining feminist debates on rape, “Slutwalking”, “honor killing”, suicide bombing, female terrorism, and war. Rather than considering women only as objects of violence, we will also think about women as agents of violence, as well as men as objects of gendered violence. Apart from a range of critical scholarship, novels may include J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace and Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers; films may include Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don’t Cry, and Kabir Khan’s New York.
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics. Prereq., WMST 2000 or 2600. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. |
D Misri |
M-F
2:30- 4:05 |
A |
| ETHN 4001 |
Screening Race, Class & Gender in the U.S. and the Global Borderland Engaging with the ways in which race, class, gender and sexual oppression intersect, this class examines several film productions by and about diasporic and subaltern subjects (especially children and women) in the U.S./Mexico borderlands, and the urban ethnic metropoles of the global borderlands. Prereq., ETHN 2001 or equivalent ETHN course. Same as FILM 4001. ETHN 4001 and 5001 are the same course. Formerly ETHN 3001. |
A Aldama |
M-F
2:30- 4:05 |
A |
| JOUR 4331 |
Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality in Popular Culture Studies the construction, interconnections, and replications of gender, race, class, and sexuality in popular culture and how these constructs become cultural norms and mores. Uses critical methods with a focus on producing responsible viewers and readers. Same as JOUR 5331 |
P McLean |
M-F
12:45pm-2:20pm |
A |
SOCY 1006/
WMST 1006 |
Social Construction of Sexuality Discusses the social determinants of sexuality. Analyzes the economic, psychological, and cultural influences on human sexuality. Interactional perspective of human sexuality is presented. Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. |
D Denardo |
M-F
12:45pm-2:20pm |
B |
| ANTH 3180 |
Gender, Culture, and Sexuality Focuses on gender, that is, the making of men and women, and how gender is culturally constructed in different societies. Gender describes many areas of behavior, feelings, thoughts, and fantasies that cannot be understood as primarily biologically produced. Sexuality and sexual systems are sometimes viewed as products of particular genderizing practices, but recent theories suggest that sexual systems themselves constitute gender. Prereq., ANTH 2100. Similar to WMST 2080. |
M Seamont |
M-F
11:00am – 12:35 |
B |
| WMST 3700 |
Contemporary Topics in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Disney’s Women and Girls It comes as no surprise that the mediated world in which we live is awash in Disney products. From theme parks to films to a television channel to a global media presence, Disney’s reach is extensive. Disney’s media products are, for the most part, uncritically accepted as good, clean entertainment and, most importantly, good for children. Indeed, Disney-branded productions are seen as a kind of media “safe haven,” praised both for not pandering to the sex and violence crowd and for offering content that provides positive role models for young girls, introduces audiences to important moments in history, and offers culturally diverse characters.
In this course we will examine these assumptions. Working from the perspective of media literate consumers looking through a feminist lens, we will take a critical look at a representative sample of Disney’s animated films, paying particular attention to Disney’s representations of gender, race, class and sexual orientation. Too, we will examine some of the practices of the corporation itself in order to better understand the Disney phenomenon in its totality. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics. Prereq., WMST 2000 or 2600. |
D Walker |
M-F
12:45-2:20pm |
B |
