SOC 390-01 - Advanced Studies in Sociology: Global Feminism (Fall)

4 credits (Fall)

This course explores a range of contemporary women’s issues from the perspective of transnational feminism. Through the lens of sociology, we will examine women’s human rights, gendered law, cultural differences, religious fundamentalism, economic globalization, women’s role in the military, and the legacies of colonialism. Topics to be addressed include the ways that feminisms have emerged, the issues that have galvanized women across national and regional borders, the politics of generalizing across-culturally about women’s interest and demands, the ways that feminism has related historically to nationalism and imperialism, and the role that feminist agendas might play in addressing current global concerns. Course materials to be drawn from five regions of feminist experience: American, European, African, South American and Asian. Students will be challenged to analyze current events in terms of emergent theories of gender development within women’s transnational space around the world and to formulate new approaches to feminist interpretation and activism.

Prerequisite: any 200-level Sociology course and third-year standing
Instructor: Scott