GWS 495

Fall 2010 All Classes

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate house. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in the same term to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 12 undergraduate or 12 graduate hours.

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GWS 495 class schedule data for fall 2010
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	56149	Lecture-Discussion	LCG	1:00PM -3:20PM	W	1134 Foreign Languages Building	Cacho, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: "Women of Color/Native Feminisms." Meets with AAS 490 & LLS 496 . This course will examine the scholarship of Women of Color Feminism and Native Feminism, which includes various feminist theories, perspectives, and politics that have emerged from and alongside Ethnic Studies and Indigenous Studies. This scholarship will explore 1) how and why the privileged subject of rights-based struggles for people of color has been heterosexual and male, 2) "the cultural defense" as used by the US legal system and international women's rights campaigns, and 3) the ethical dilemmas and political difficulties involved in organizing through difference. Readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, such as literary criticism, critical legal studies, and sociocultural anthropology as well as the interdisciplines of Queer Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies, and American Studies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	56150	Lecture-Discussion	LCU	1:00PM -3:20PM	W	1134 Foreign Languages Building	Cacho, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: "Women of Color/Native Feminisms." Meets with AAS 490 & LLS 496 . This course will examine the scholarship of Women of Color Feminism and Native Feminism, which includes various feminist theories, perspectives, and politics that have emerged from and alongside Ethnic Studies and Indigenous Studies. This scholarship will explore 1) how and why the privileged subject of rights-based struggles for people of color has been heterosexual and male, 2) "the cultural defense" as used by the US legal system and international women's rights campaigns, and 3) the ethical dilemmas and political difficulties involved in organizing through difference. Readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, such as literary criticism, critical legal studies, and sociocultural anthropology as well as the interdisciplines of Queer Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies, and American Studies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.