Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Edgewood College Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Edgewood College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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WS 204B CJQ - Intro Wgs: Lit & Soc Sci


Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

This course will provide an interdisciplinary introduction to the issues and themes of women’s and gender studies, through critical readings, reflection and analysis of literary works and sociological texts grounded in feminist and gender theory. We will examine cultural constructs of gender in historical context, in contemporary society, in literature, and in our own lives. Using works of fiction and nonfiction, we will examine this interplay between how we construct the “feminine” and the “masculine” in our psyches and how gender is constructed and transmitted in societies through cultural expressions such as literature. Additionally, in this course, students will have the unique opportunity to reflect upon, write about, and explore their own gender identities and its many influences.


Prerequisite(s): None



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