THEORIZING INTERSECTIONALITY
Examines assumptions and debates regarding how race, gender, sexuality, and other hierarchies of power intersect. Chief among these assumptions is that intersectional analysis is necessarily a Black feminist endeavor. Analyzes debates in intersectional theorizing including who qualifies as an intersectional subject, the merits of examining intersectional privilege, and whether intersectionality can be used for anti-feminist ends. Explores how scholars use intersectionality to understand advantage and disadvantage within specific contexts including the family, the state, and the labor force. Utilizes interdisciplinary and multimedia course materials including texts and films drawn from gender and women's studies, sociology, critical race theory, history, and political theory.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the relationship between intersectionality and theorizing in gender and women’s studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Examine how scholars use intersectionality to understand systemic advantage and/or disadvantage within specific spheres including the family, the state, and the labor force. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore key debates in the theoretical literature on intersectionality. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify key "gaps" and tensions in the theoretical literature on intersectionality and complete an original research project that critically interrogates one or more of these "gaps" and tensions. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the relationship between intersectionality and theorizing in gender and women’s studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Examine how scholars use intersectionality to understand systemic advantage and/or disadvantage within specific spheres including the family, the state, and the labor force. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore key debates in the theoretical literature on intersectionality. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify key "gaps" and tensions in the theoretical literature on intersectionality and complete an original research project that critically interrogates one or more of these "gaps" and tensions. Audience: Graduate
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