Gendered Worlds: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies - ARTS1900
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: History
This course is an introduction to the study of women, gender and sexualities through the frameworks of world history and cross-cultural analysis. We begin with questions that are fundamental to gender studies – such as ‘what is gender?’ – and trace them across time and place to demonstrate how gender intersects with race, class, sexuality and other markers in different historical and cultural contexts. You will consider how religion, colonialism, nationalism and cross-cultural contacts have shaped and influenced gender roles and relations. The course also introduces you to key debates and developments in gender studies and gender history, from the question of the role of gender in early modern witch-hunts, through Judith Butler’s influential theorising of gender and embodiment, and the emergence of trans studies and intersectional theory.