GSS 171 - Gender, Power & Identity (FYS) (1)

What is intersectionality? What is privilege? What is social constructionism? This interdisciplinary course will help you understand the issues explored in the field of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. We will examine the layout of this academic field, survey its history, address some of its core ideas, and engage cultural questions that it highlights. We will analyze how notions of race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic class, nation, physical ability, and other aspects of social location influence people’s lives, while paying close attention to their political, cultural, and economic contexts. Through assigned readings, class discussions, and films, this core course in the GSS program will introduce you to current debates surrounding the body, relationships and the family, the labor market, and activism.