GSWS 0510 - FEMINIST THEORY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to key US feminist ideas and debates concerning gender, women and men, and their political, social and economic positions over the last two hundred years. In keeping with the activist nature of feminist theory, this course will approach 'theory' as attempts to answer fundamental questions about the power relations that structure our everyday lives and consciousness. Theory in this sense is a tool for thinking systematically about how the world works, and for constructing arguments about how it should work. Consequently, we will pay particular attention to the (de)construction of power in both public and private relations as we critically analyze texts, discuss and present ideas in class, and complete written analyses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement

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