GWS 3960Feminist Art since 1960

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Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1800 or ARTH 2080 or GWS 1001 with "C-" or better or permission of department Crosslisting: ARTH 3385 Students in this course examine the various intersections between art and feminism beginning with the rise of second-wave feminist politics and continuing to the present. Work by artists who self-consciously identified as feminist or work that has been meaningfully read through feminist theories, including queer and trans theories, is the focus. Students learn competing and diverse definitions of feminism and analyze the ways race, class and gender are intertwined and represented by artists globally. Through their assignments and discussions, students evaluate art's relationship to changing social, political, and philosophical conditions throughout the period. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ARTH or GWS.