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Zakiya R. Adair
WOMEN 200
Seattle Campus
Feminist analysis of the construction and enforcement of gender differences and gender inequalities in various contexts. Emphasis on the intersection of race, class, sexuality, and nationality in the lives of women. Topics include feminist theory, motherhood, popular culture, sexual autonomy, racism, and activism in the United States, Asia, Latin America. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
This course will provide you with a survey of the social and political activism of women throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Using an interdisciplinary lens this course will explore the multiplicity of feminism. Although primary focus will be on the U.S. the course will situate issues within a global and trans-national context. This course will introduce the various methods and concepts used within the field of women studies to examine the lives of women in society. As well as provide you with the tools to analyze and critique the various methods and conversations employed in women studies across the disciplines. The course begins with an introduction to women studies and feminism in historical contexts. We will then shift to the major issues that feminists have debated around issues of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, nation and so on at both the local and global levels and within a transnational context. We will also look at different forms of violence against women, on both a macro and micro level. We will end with an analysis of feminism in the future.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
. Attend lecture . Actively engage in class . Carefully read and critically analyze required readings . Complete and turn in all assignments
Class assignments and grading
Exams, Essays, Class Presentations
Lectures, Films, Class Discussion
