Gender and the Arts

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Gender and the Arts undertakes central philosophical questions regarding issues of gender in the visual, literary, and performing arts. This course examines depictions of women in various artforms using prominent feminist theories of gender representation and expression and also investigates the ways in which these representations change based on race and sexual orientation. Other topics include critiques of historical definitions of art and artistic creation that cater to male artists and the role of cultural, political, and technological forces that have historically marginalized women artists. Finally, Gender and the Arts centers the works and lives of important women artists that have been systematically overlooked in the Western critical canon.