WGS X40S WGS 340S Topics in Cross-Cultural Feminisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine experiences and issues of gender in different cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Gender and Translation in the Arab World. Examine complex politics and poetics behind the translation and marketing of Arab women's writing in the West. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325D, Asian Studies 343C, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Gndr and Trnsltn/ and Arab World), 342 (Topic 81), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 325D, ANS 343C, MES 342.81 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Black Women and Mass Incarceration. Examine the history of Black women and mass incarceration in America. Explore how race, class, and gender have historically influenced the production of crime and unfair criminal justice policies. Investigate why mass incarceration matters, what its historical legacy is, and how it impacts Black women today. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360Q, American Studies 365G, History 365G (Topic: Black Womn/Mass Incarceration), 365G (Topic 25), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 360Q, AMS 365G, HIS 365G.25 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Slavery and Its Legacies. Explore how slavery has evolved in the United States since the end of the Civil War. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351Q, American Studies 366G, History 365G (Topic: Slavery and Its Legacies), 365G (Topic 26), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 351Q, AMS 366G, HIS 365G.26 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Black Digital Feminisms in Brazil. Explore online expressions of Black feminisms in Brazil, highlighting transnational resonances with other Black cultural movements while examining the socio-political particularities of Brazil's current digital landscape. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Black Digitl Feminisms in Brz), 327, Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: PRC 327 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: The Politics and Art of Iran's Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising. Analyze the politics and art of Iran's 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising movement. Develop a digital humanities resource on the movement through collaboration. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic: Poltcs/Art Iran's Wmn/Lf/Frdm), 341 (Topic 20), Sociology 341D, Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MES 341.20, SOC 341D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Central Americans in the United States. Examine the extensive and diverse histories, cultures, social and political movements of Central Americans in the United States, particularly through a Black, Indigenous, and Ethnic Studies framework. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 364O, Mexican American Studies 364O, 374 (Topic: Central Americans in the US), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 364O, MAS 364O Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.