Women and Social Movements

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

(Same as Gender Studies M154R.) Lecture/discussion, three hours. Recommended preparation: prior gender studies or anthropology courses. Comparative studies of social movements (e.g., nationalist, socialist, liberal/reform), beginning with Russia and China and including Cuba, Algeria, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Iran. Analysis of women’s participation in social transformations and centrality of gender interests. P/NP or letter grading.