ANTH 360 - Gender, Power and Social Change
Description
An introduction to the study of gender ideologies, including a cross-cultural comparison of how genders are constructed to create different norms of masculine, feminine, and other categories linked to various forms of sexuality. Focus on analyzing how inequalities are maintained and contested over time through gendered discourses and practices at home, at work, and at local, national and international levels. Special emphasis on the uses of gender in justifying and challenging development agendas in the Global South.
Prerequisites
Three hours of Social Sciences.
When Offered
Offered in alternate years.
(3 cr.)
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