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Feminist Theory and History (3)
This core course will introduce students to the intellectual history and defining theoretical discussions that have occurred in the fields of feminist theory and women and gender studies. It will examine a series of historical periods and situations that highlight the interconnections of these theoretical discussions, and illustrate a history of changes within feminist theory itself. This course will address the complex dynamic of the history of women and men as it intersects with gendered social and cultural formations. Theories that emerge from nondominant contexts will also be used to decenter feminist theory's own intellectual history: for example, woman of color theory within the United States, debates around feminism and women's development from global perspectives, as well as LGBT or queer theory.
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Feminist Research Methods (3)
This is
an interdisciplinary study of approaches to research and research
methodologies used by feminist scholars across the disciplines to study
issues related to women, gender, and sexuality. The course is designed
to expand the graduate student's knowledge of feminist theories and
methods in both the humanities and the social sciences, and to
encourage discussion and critical thinking about contemporary debates
among feminist and gender studies scholars. The course will also
provide the graduate student with basic tools to apply feminist
research methods in the student's disciplinary research. The course
will cover the relationship between feminist theory and research
practice, feminist critiques of science, and the development of feminist
epistemologies; it will also provide an overview of feminist
research/interpretive methods and key debates among feminist
scholars regarding feminist research and methodology. It will
familiarize students with a variety of qualitative and quantitative
research methods for giving voice to women's experiences and making
visible the frequently invisible and undercounted aspects of women's
lives. The course will
provide
students with hands-on experiences with research, including using the
internet and electronic databases in research, critically interpreting
data from secondary sources, designing and conducting an interview,
giving an oral presentation of research results, working with a
collaborative research team, and preparing a research proposal.
Because
students in the course will come from different disciplinary traditions
and approaches, students will, with the guidance of the professor,
determine which methods are most appropriate for their work and how to
apply feminist theories and methods to their own research.
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