GWS 3510Feminist Theories & Practices

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Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001, GWS 2100, and 6 additional hours of upper-division, GWS coursework; or permission of instructor This course examines some of the key areas of inquiry in contemporary feminist theories and practices. Specifically, we reflect on feminist histories and question the notions of being, knowing, desiring and moving as sexed, gendered, raced, and classed beings. The course investigates the transformative contributions of liberal feminism, radical feminism, postcolonial and decolonial feminisms, queer theory and transnational feminisms to all academic disciplines. We identify how feminist theories and practices illuminate some of the pressing issues of our time, such as neocolonialism, environmental degradation, war, poverty and violence.