Margaret R. Hunt (Section 01)
Krupa Shandilya (Section 01)
This course introduces students to the issues involved in the social and historical construction of gender and gender roles from a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective. Topics change from year-to-year and have included women and social change; male and female sexualities including homosexualities; the uses and limits of biology in explaining human gender differences; women’s participation in production and reproduction; the relationship among gender, race and class as intertwining oppressions; women, men and globalization; and gender and warfare.
Fall semester. Professors Hunt and Shandilya.
Section 01
Tu 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CONV 209
Th 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CONV 209
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
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The Solitude of Self | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | Gornick | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
A Doll's House | Prestwick House | Ibsen | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
Property | Vintage | Martin | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
Fantasia | Heinemann | Djebar | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
The Pickup | Penguin | Gordimer | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
The Hungry Tide | Mariner Books | Ghosh | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
Harvest | Aurora Metro Press | Padmanabhan | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
Fun Home | Mariner Books | Bechdel | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.