Women's & Gender Studies (WGS) |
315 Hendricks, 541-346-5529
College of Arts and Sciences
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Course Data
| WGS 341 Women, Work & Class >2 >IP |
4.00 cr. |
| Explores contexts and cultural attitudes shaping the women's market and domestic labor including race, sexuality, age, and class as well as occupational segregation and control. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Stewart L |
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 Course Fees: |
$25.00 per credit |
 Prereqs/Comments: |
prereq: WGS 101 or equivalent |
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CRN |
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43322 |
7 |
40 |
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mtwrfsu
6/22-7/19 |
00 WEB |
Stewart L |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| June 24: |
Add this course |
| June 24: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| June 25: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| June 27: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| June 29: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| July 1: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| July 9: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| July 9: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| This course examines the complex and intersecting relationships between women, work, class, and race, in both historical contexts and in contemporary periods. As we examine critical concepts that work to explain women's relationships to the labor market, social welfare, and their own agency, our goal will be to always recognize the broader political economic, global, and patriarchal forces that shape these relationships.
The history of women in the labor force is very much rooted in concepts of femininity, race, ethnicity and class. All of these categories have collided to direct particular women into distinct types of work with wages that maintain their dependence for the most part. Feminist frameworks that include the gendered division of labor, public/private domain, and the international sexual division of labor have been critical in scholarly and activist endeavors to critique gender and racial wage differentials, segmented labor markets, and sexual harassment. More elaborate and critical feminist class analysis have resulted in new theoretical approaches to understanding class as a lived and contested individual experience as well as social structure.
Through examinations of poverty, welfare, and class mobility we will also explore the intersecting factors that continue to shape class as a social location within advanced capitalist societies. We will also look at the increasing significance of globalization and the ever expanding terrain of women's work in the larger global economy. These forces have significant implications for women and family, migration, and displacement. Finally, throughout this course we will incorporate through each topical area the significance of women's agency and activism that have been critical in resisting and reshaping existing systems of gender, race, and class inequality. |
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