Clothing & Gender Construction

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course proposes an approach to the history of clothing and fashion from a gender perspective. It emphasizes the way in which the constructions and norms about gender identities and roles determine what we consider appropriate or inconvenient, in terms of appearances. It is expected that at the end of the course the student body critically analyzes and communicates orally and in writing the different contemporary clothing expressions associated with genre. This learning will be developed through debates, written productions, group projects and evaluated through essays, research projects and oral presentations.