WGSS 410
Jr/Sr Sem:Discipline and Dissent: The Institutionalization of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Spring 2017
Division II
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Class Details
In the 1970s, student protest movements helped to create the first academic programs in women’s studies. Forty years later, what is the relationship of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies to social justice movements and feminist activism? Many colleges and universities now have WGSS programs or departments, major organizations like the National Women’s Studies Association establish norms for the academic field, and scholars devote entire careers to research on gender and sexuality. In short, WGSS has become part of the institution of higher education. As WGSS became an academic discipline, were its activist origins also “disciplined”? Is the academic study of gender and sexuality a fundamental form of political activism, or should it be? Is it possible for an institutionalized field of study to challenge the institutional forms of knowledge and power that subtend systems of oppression? The national resurgence of campus activism makes these questions all the more pressing. In exploring these issues, we will study the history of WGSS programs, the evolving relationship of feminist activism to scholarship, and politics in and of the contemporary university.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 15
Expected: 15
Class#: 3820
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 15
Expected: 15
Class#: 3820
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
oral presentation, three reading responses, class participation, and a substantial final research project
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
WGSS 101, or instructor permission
Enrollment Preferences:
junior and senior WGSS majors
Unit Notes:
WGSS junior/senior seminar
Distributions:
Division II
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