WGST 430 - 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.

Prerequisite(s): (WGST 201 or WGST 202 or WGST 203 or WGST 204 or WGST 205 or WGST 230 or WGST 240) and (WGST 310 or WGST 320)
Offered: Fall Semester