FG206 - Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies:
Cultivates deeper understanding of theories, concepts, and interdisciplinary sub-fields within Feminist & Gender Studies. Emphasizes ways of connecting, synthesizing, and employing theories and concepts, continuing to pay attention to foundational texts and concepts, while recognizing the always shifting landscape of the field. Assignments require intermediate-level independent thinking and research skills. Courses and instructors vary annually. .5 or 1 unit.
1 unit — Chavez, Coleman, Germen, Guessous, Hunt, Kumar, Minervini, Munoz, Otake
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Students will examine both women’s filmic representation (women on film) and women in film, with a focus on women auteurs, aesthetics, and issues of labor/production. They will also reflect on women’s film culture in the era of #MeToo by looking to film festivals and feminist labor practices as a site for women’s film activism.
Brazilian Carnaval: The 'Heart' of Brazilian Culture examines the relationship of Brazilian carnaval to early twentieth century policies on racial whitening, the rise of samba as the "national" dance and music of Brazil, and the industrialization and import/exportation of bodies for both physical and symbolic labor.
Students examine the relationship of Brazilian carnaval to early twentieth century policies on racial whitening, the rise of samba as the "national" dance and music of Brazil, and the industrialization and import/exportation of bodies for both physical and symbolic labor. Examines how carnaval became a central point for racialized and gendered discourses to travel through radio and film in the early twentieth century and television and social media in the early twenty-first century.
Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Literature, Film, and Manga examines how Japanese writers have explored the issues of gender and sexuality from the Heian Period (8th – 12th c.) through the modern era. Students will analyze the literary works, films, manga, and anime of female and male authors.
This course explores how Japanese writers have dealt with issues of gender and sexuality from the Heian Period (8th - 12th c.) through the modern era. Drawing on literary sources such as The Tale of Genji (11th c.), Five Women Who Loved Love by Ihara Saikaku (17th c.), and Kitchen by Yoshimoto Banana (20th c.), as well as films, manga, and anime, we will analyze how both male and female authors have portrayed gender and sexuality within an ever changing landscape.
In Swaying Hips and Heaving Chests: Bollywood Dance, students look at the role Bollywood dance movements have come to play in India's self-fashioning in the post-Independence period, its circulation as a global commodity in the West, and how it is used as a bodily tool by marginalized subjects to create social identities.
In Swaying Hips and Heaving Chests, Gyrating Hips and Heaving Chests, students look at the national and transnational circulation of iconic Bollywood movement repertoires: hand gestures, hip sways, flirtatious gazes, and chest-heaving, and their significance in the construction of gender, race, caste, nation, and sexuality both within and beyond South Asia. In particular, students examine the role of Bollywood dances in India's self-fashioning in the post-Independence period, its circulation as a global commodity in the West, and how it has come to be used as a bodily tool by marginalized subjects to create social identities. This courses studies not only at the choreographic techniques used in Bollywood films, but also how they are deployed beyond dance bars, queer clubs, and fitness videos, just to name a few. Themes include: nationalism, regionalism, modernity, popular culture, post-colonialism, orientalism, diaspora, and globalization.
Offerings
| Term | Block | Title | Instructor | Location | Student Limit/Available | Updated |
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| Fall 2024 | Block 1 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: History of Gender & Sexuality in South Asia | Purvi Mehta | John Lord Knight Apartments MCHUGH COM | 25 / 7 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2024 | Block 1 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Women, Demons, Deities & Other Dangerous Fantas | Tracy Coleman | Armstrong Hall 231 | 25 / 5 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2024 | Block 1 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Traditions | Pamela Reaves | Armstrong Hall 315 | 25 / 18 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2024 | Block 2 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Inequality in the U. S. | Vanessa Munoz | Palmer Hall 219 | 25 / 21 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2024 | Block 3 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World Topic Details | Sanjaya Thakur | Tutt Library 105 | 25 / 12 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2024 | Block 4 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Inequality in the U.S. | Vanessa Munoz | Palmer Hall 123 | 25 / 7 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2024 | Block 4 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gods, Buddhas, Gurus & Other Masculine Superhe | Tracy Coleman | Armstrong Hall 230 | 25 / 18 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2024 | Block 4 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: The Nakedness of Being Topic Details | Eiko Otake | Cornerstone Art Center 130 | 25 / 8 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2025 | Block 6 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Inequality in the U.S. | Vanessa Munoz | Palmer Hall 122 | 25 / 2 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2025 | Block 6 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Women, Demons, Deities & Other Dangerous Fantas | Tracy Coleman | Armstrong Hall 233 | 25 / 0 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2025 | Block 6 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gender, Race, and Nonprofit Aid in America Topic Details | Ben Slightom | TBA | 25 / 25 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2025 | Block 7 | Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gender and Sexuality in U.S. K-12 Education Topic Details | Page Regan | Palmer Hall 232B | 25 / 1 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2025 | Block 8 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Sociology of Body and Health | Vanessa Munoz | Palmer Hall 125 | 25 / 18 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2025 | Block 8 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Queer(ing) Religious Thought: An Introduction | Christopher Hunt | Armstrong Hall 257A | 25 / 10 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 1 | Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Chicana and Latina Feminisms Topic Details | Joana Chavez | TBA | 25 / 23 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 1 | Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Global Queer Cinemas Topic Details | Baran Germen, Rushaan Kumar | TBA | 32 / 13 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 1 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Women, Demons, Deities & Other Dangerous Fantas | Tracy Coleman | TBA | 25 / 7 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 2 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Love & Anarchy: Romance, Sex, and Politics in It Topic Details | Amanda Minervini | TBA | 25 / 13 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 2 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Inequality in the U.S. | Vanessa Munoz | TBA | 25 / 14 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 3 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Gender, Race, and the Criminal Legal System Topic Details | Joana Chavez | TBA | 25 / 9 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 4 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Inequality in the U.S. | Vanessa Munoz | TBA | 25 / 0 | 07/20/2025 |
| Fall 2025 | Block 4 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Critical Disability Studies Topic Details | Nadia Guessous | TBA | 25 / 18 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2026 | Block 6 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Women, Demons, Deities & Other Dangerous Fantasi | Tracy Coleman | TBA | 25 / 25 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2026 | Block 7 | Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: The Nakedness of Being | Eiko Otake | TBA | 25 / 25 | 07/20/2025 |
| Spring 2026 | Block 8 | Intermediate Topics in Feminist and Gender Studies: Queer(ing) Religious Thought: An Introduction to Topic Details | Christopher Hunt | TBA | 25 / 25 | 07/20/2025 |
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