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CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THEORY (GS2006)

Introduces the methodology of Gender Studies and the theory upon which it is based. Examines contemporary debates across a range of issues now felt to be of world-wide feminist interest: sexuality, reproduction, production, writing, representation, culture, race, and politics. Encourages responsible theorizing across disciplines and cultures.

GENDER-IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, & THE CINEMA (GS2008)

Deals with the pathologization of the human sexual potential by social pressures and compulsory demand for normalization. Examines deviance and stigmatization by way of Goffman's essay Stigma; studies gender identity in Crisp-Gold's film The Naked Civil Servant; analyzes the problems of alternative sexual preference as presented in the Merchant-Ivory production of Maurice and in Metzger's Therese et Isabelle. PY201 is recommended as a rerequisite.

PSYCHOLOGY & GENDER (GS2010)

Surveys major issues concerning gender and the science of psychology in an attempt to answer the question: why is there such a gender gap when women and men share more psychological similarities than differences? Topics include: developmental processes and gender; gender roles and stereotypes, biology and gender; cross-cultural perspectives of gender; social-cultural theories of gender; language and gender, emotions and gender, health and gender.

GENDER AND SEXUALITY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES (GS2016)

Interrogates the concepts of ‘gender’ and ‘sexuality’ from a comparative, global perspective, drawing from multiple disciplines such as anthropology, ethnography, philosophy, sociology and history. Engages with questions of inequality, social justice and diversity as they are mapped onto gender and played out in institutional, political and socio-cultural power relations.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (GS2045)

Studies the nature and causes of individual behavior and thought in social situations. Presents the basic fields of study that compose the science of social psychology, and how its theories impact on most aspects of people's lives. Topics of study include: conformity, persuasion, mass communication, propaganda, aggression, attraction, prejudice, and altruism.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (GS2045)

Studies the nature and causes of individual behavior and thought in social situations. Presents the basic fields of study that compose the science of social psychology, and how its theories impact on most aspects of people's lives. Topics of study include: conformity, persuasion, mass communication, propaganda, aggression, attraction, prejudice, and altruism.

SEXUALITY, AGGRESSION, & GUILT (GS2051)

Introduces the study of the moral conscience, repression, and the search for happiness. Examines Freud and Marcuse's theses concerning human sexuality and human rights in terms of antagonisms between, on the one hand, erotic preference, gender identity and aggression, and on the other, socialization, morality, and so-called civilized refinement.

LOVE, SEXUALITY, & CINEMA (GS2061)

Applies psychodynamic concepts to the understanding of romantic love as presented in the contemporary cinema. Studies in detail the film Dangerous Liaisons (Frears-Hampton), then analyzes a selection of the following films: Nine And A Half Weeks (Adrian Lyne), L'Amant-The Lover (Duras-Annaud), Sunset Boulevard (Wilder).

TOPICS IN GENDER STUDIES (GS2091)

Topics vary each semester.

COMMUNICATING FASHION (GS3004)

Explores what happens when dress and grooming become the basis for the modern phenomena of fashion. Studies the historical development of fashion: how fashion relates to the emergence of artistic, social, and economic forms and the ways fashion communicates ideas about status, gender, or culture. Investigates the role of media, advertising and marketing in the global fashion industry.