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Feb 05, 2025
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WGSS 5100 - Global Feminisms
Considers women’s issues and feminist movements from a global and non-Western perspective. Includes discussion of the globalization of feminism; the relationship between feminism and colonialism; the connection of women’s movements to national/independence movements and revolutionary movements; and specific issues such as work/labor, sexuality, reproduction, and religion.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will gain an understanding of particular issues that confront women i non-Western contexts.
- The development of organizations at multiple scales to confront these issues, and the benefits and drawbacks of organizing at different scales.
- The importance of colonial relationships and independence movements in understanding contemporary feminisms;
- The relationship between Western and non-Western feminisms, including the ways that non-Western feminisms are contributing to and challenging contemporary Western feminism.
- The role of different actors in addressing women’s concerns (states, transnational organizations, grassroots organizations, etc.).
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