Section Info: POLIT-233-01

Course Title: Introduction to Feminist Theory
Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023
Term: Spring Semester 2023
Description: This course explores the overlapping dualities of the feminine and the masculine, the private and the public, the home and the world. We examine different forms of power over the body; the ways gender and sexual identities reinforce or challenge the established order; and the cultural determinants of 'women's emancipation.' We emphasize the politics of feminism, dealing with themes that include culture, democracy, and the particularly political role of theory and on theoretical attempts to grasp the complex ties and tensions between sex, gender, and power.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Kevin Henderson             khenderson@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023   Lecture   Monday and Wednesday   03:15PM - 04:30PM   KNDD - Kendade   203   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
POLIT-THRY   POLIT-THRY: Politics - Theory subfield   This course has been approved to count towards the Theory subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses).  
NXMAP0001   NXMAP: Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public History   This course is approved for the Museums, Archives, and Public History Nexus track.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 18     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
Title: Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Author: Roberts, Dorothy
Copyright: 1998
Edition: Any
Volume:
ISBN: 9780679758693
Publisher: Vintage
Required   18.00  

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.