Gender, Culture, and Society

(2.5,3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Taught at a host institution. IRST 20020 at UCD. This course will focus on the period post-Independence (1922) to the present. It will begin by considering the relationship between gender and national identity in Ireland in historical, social and cultural contexts. Exploring fiction, poetry and film from the early 20th century to the present, the course will address topics such as the trope of `Mother Ireland'; the relations between feminism and nationalism; masculinity, sexualities; the interplay of language and gender.