Women's & Gender Studies (WGS) |
315 Hendricks, 541-346-5529
College of Arts and Sciences
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8 - No cost for class textbook materials.
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Course Data
WGS 221 Bodies and Power >2 >IP >US |
4.00 cr. |
Focuses on gender, the body, and dis/ability as a particular nexus of experience and social meaning, influenced as well by race, sexuality, age and class. This course considers bodies and how we understand them within contexts shaped by social relations and systems of power. |
Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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Instructor: |
Herrera A |
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Office Hours: |
0930 - 1130 M |
and by appointment, PLC 721; Fall-2016 |
Course Fees: |
$25.00 per credit |
Course Materials |
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CRN |
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42448 |
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40 |
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7/24-8/20 |
ASYNC WEB |
Herrera A |
$8 |
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Academic Deadlines
Deadline |
Last day to: |
July 26: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
July 26: |
Add this course |
July 26: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded) |
July 29: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
July 31: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
August 2: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
August 10: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
August 10: |
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
Designed to satisfy general education requirements (Social Science group and Identity, Pluralism and Tolerance multicultural category) WGS 221 focuses on gender, the body, and dis/ability as a particular nexus of experience and social meaning, influenced as well by race, sexuality, age and class. This course places bodies and how we understand them within contexts shaped by social relations and systems of power. We will examine the ways critical disability studies both enriches feminist theory and benefits from feminist and queer perspectives. We will explore how our society thinks about and represents bodies, ability, disability and illness and how those naturalized beliefs affect all of our lives, whether we are disabled or not. The readings for this course have been chosen to offer theoretical tools for thinking about a range of disabilities and our beliefs about them (including those involving mobility, senses, cognition, and psychological states and disabilities that result from illnesses, both apparent and invisible). Our focus will be on social, as opposed to medical, models of understanding disability and difference and will highlight activism and political interventions led by people with disabilities. The readings for this class offer a range of opinions by people with disabilities that I hope will inspire discussion and debate in class. |
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