An in-depth study of the history of feminist political movements and intellectual traditions, focusing primarily on North America.

Examine how media and cultural representations of gender, race, class and sexuality are implicated in identity formation. Informed by critical theories, students discover how popular cultural representations of women foreclose non-discursive identity options.

Feminist theoretical approaches as applied to current personal, social and political issues.

An in-depth study of the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered identities, communities, and political movements; and theories of sexuality.

This course provides opportunities to explore gender as a category of analysis in relationship to a variety of disciplinary approaches and selected topics. Repeatable two times, under different subtitles.