WGST 330 - Feminist Theories

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This interdisciplinary course will familiarize students with diverse theories of feminism through close reading of classic and contemporary texts. Theoretical approaches covered might include: liberal, radical, cultural, socialist, womanist/multiracial, standpoint, lesbian, queer, poststructural, and postcolonial feminism. Particular emphasis will be placed on debates over gender as a category of analysis, sameness/difference, essentialism, deconstruction, epistemology, and intersectionality. Offered every fall.

Prerequisite(s): One course from: WGST 201, WGST 202, WGST 203, WGST 204, WGST 205, WGST 210, WGST 220, WGST 230, WGST 240