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Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Interrogating Marriage: Case Studies in American Law and Culture
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Is marriage a patriarchal institution? Much feminist scholarship has characterized it that way, but now in the context of the recent Massachusetts Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage, the meaning of marriage itself demands serious re-examination. This course will discuss history, literature, film, and legal scholarship, making use of cross-cultural, sociological, anthropological, and many other theoretical approaches to the marriage question from 1630 to the present. As it turns out, sex, marriage, and the family have never been stable institutions; to the contrary, they have continued to function as flash points for the very social and cultural questions that are central to gender studies scholarship.

Subject:
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Law
Social Science
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Full Course
Provider:
MIT
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Bergland, Renee
Buckle, Leonard
Thomas-Buckle, Suzann
Date Added:
09/01/2007
Syllabus: Gender, violence, and social change
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This is an eight-week syllabus for upper-undergraduate and postgraduate students. It aims to give students an advanced grounding in the political sociology of gender and violence, exploring how gender-based violence operates within the intersecting systems of heteropatriarchy and colonial racial capitalism and engaging in critical conversations about how initiatives to end gender-based violence can dismantle oppressive systems rather than strengthening them.

The resource consists of a reading list, discussion prompts for teaching sessions and multimedia links, in PDF format. If you use the syllabus and would like me to do a guest session with your students (perhaps via Zoom) then do contact me at alison.phipps@newcastle.ac.uk. I'd love to chat with them!

Subject:
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Political Science
Social Science
Sociology
Material Type:
Syllabus
Author:
Alison Phipps
Date Added:
02/26/2023
Technology and Gender in American History
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This course centers on the changing relationships between men, women, and technology in American history. Topics include theories of gender, technologies of production and consumption, the gendering of public and private space, men’s and women’s roles in science and technology, the effects of industrialization on sexual divisions of labor, gender and identity at home and at work.

Subject:
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Gender and Sexuality Studies
History
Social Science
U.S. History
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Full Course
Provider:
MIT
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Fitzgerald, Deborah
Date Added:
02/01/2004
Theater and Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
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This course explores contemporary American theatrical expression as it may be organized around issues of gender and cultural identity. This exploration will include the analysis of performances, scripts, and video documentation, as well as the invention of original documents of theatrical expression. Class lectures and discussions will analyze samples of Native American, Chicano, African American, and Asian American theater, taking into consideration the historical and political context for the creation of these works. Performance exercises will help students identify theatrical forms and techniques used by these theaters, and how these techniques contribute to the overall goals of specific theatrical expressions.

Subject:
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Composition and Rhetoric
English Language Arts
Literature
Performing Arts
Reading Literature
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
DeFrantz, Thomas
Date Added:
02/01/2008
Theater and Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
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A study of contemporary North American theater movements and selected individual works that are organized around issues of ethnic and socio-cultural identity. Class lectures and discussions analyze samples of African-American, Chicano, Asian-American, Puerto Rican and Native American theater taking into consideration their historical and political context. Performance exercises help students identify the theatrical context and theatrical forms and techniques used by these theaters.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Communication
Ethnic Studies
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Thomas DeFrantz
Date Added:
01/01/2008
Time, Temporality and Global Politics
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International Relations scholars have traditionally expressed little direct interest in addressing time and temporality. Yet, assumptions about temporality are at the core of many theories of world politics and time is a crucial component of the human condition and our social reality. Today, a small but emerging strand of literature has emerged to meet questions concerning time and temporality and its relationship to International Relations head on. This edited collection provides a platform to continue this work. The chapters in this book address subjects such as identity, terrorism, war, gender relations, global ethics and governance in order to demonstrate how focusing on the temporal aspects of such phenomena can enhance our understanding of the world.

Subject:
Political Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
E-International Relations
Author:
Alisdair McKay
Andrew Hom
Christopher McIntosh
Liam Stockdale
Date Added:
03/08/2019
Topics in Culture and Globalization: Reggae as Transnational Culture
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This course considers reggae, or Jamaican popular music more generally—in its various forms (ska, rocksteady, roots, dancehall)—as constituted by international movements and exchanges and as a product that circulates globally in complex ways. By reading across the reggae literature, as well as considering reggae texts themselves (songs, films, videos, and images), students will scrutinize the different interpretations of reggae’s significance and the implications of different interpretations of the story of Jamaica and its music. Beginning with a consideration of how Jamaica’s popular music industry emerged out of transnational exchanges, the course will proceed to focus on reggae’s circulation outside of Jamaica via diasporic networks and commercial mediascapes. Among other sites, we will consider reggae’s resonance and impact elsewhere in the Anglo Caribbean (e.g., Trinidad, Barbados), the United Kingdom (including British reggae styles but also such progeny as jungle, grime, and dubstep), the United States (both as reggae per se and in hip-hop), Panama and Puerto Rico and other Latin American locales (e.g., Brazil), Japan and Australia, as well as West, South, and East Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Uganda).

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Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Graphic Arts
Performing Arts
Social Science
World Cultures
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Full Course
Provider:
MIT
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Marshall, Wayne
Date Added:
09/01/2010
Topics in Social Theory and Practice: Race and Racism
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Courses in the Topics in Social Theory and Practice series feature in-depth considerations of such topics with reflections on their implications for social change.
The topic for Fall 2014 is race and racism. We will consider a variety of arguments for and against the biological and / or social “reality” of race—taking into account purported races other than those defined by the black / white binary and the intersection of race with other social categories. We will then consider a number of accounts of racism, contemporary manifestations of racism, and potential counter-measures.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Gender and Sexuality Studies
History
Philosophy
Social Science
Sociology
U.S. History
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Full Course
Provider:
MIT
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Haslanger, Sally
Date Added:
09/01/2014
Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture
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This subject aims to provide an overview of contemporary texts in regional languages in South Asian Literature and Cinema. We will cover major authors and film makers, writing from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Within India, we will look at authors and directors working in different regional languages and as we examine their different socio-cultural, political and historical contexts we will attempt to understand what it means to study them under the all-unifying category of “South Asian Literature and Culture”. Some of the major issues we shall explore include caste, gender, globalization and social change. We will end with exploring some of the newer, younger writers and directors and try to analyze some of the thematic and formal shifts in their work. Authors include Ashapurna Devi, Manto, Vijayan, Premchand, Mohanty, and Nasreen and film makers will include Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen and Rituporno Ghosh.

Subject:
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Graphic Arts
Literature
Reading Literature
Social Science
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Banerjee, Arundhati
Date Added:
09/01/2004
Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography
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This course explores the forms, contents, and context of world traditions in dance that played a crucial role in shaping American concert dance. For example, we will identify dances from an African American vernacular tradition that were transferred from the social space to the concert stage. We will explore the artistic lives of such American dance artists as Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus, and Alvin Ailey along with Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, and Merce Cunningham as American dance innovators. Of particular importance to our investigation will be the construction of gender and autobiography that lie at the heart of concert dance practice, and the ways in which these qualities have been choreographed by American artists.

Subject:
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Performing Arts
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Blanco, Melissa
Date Added:
02/01/2008
The Trouble and Strife Reader
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This is a collection of the best and most enduring articles published in Trouble and Strife: The Radical Feminist Magazine, during its 20-year life, including pieces by Stevi Jackson, Diana Leonard, Julia Swindells, Sara Scott and Liz Kelly.

Subject:
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Social Science
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Bloomsbury
Author:
Deborah Cameron
Joan Scanlon
Date Added:
01/01/2009
U.S. History
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U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.

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History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Rice University
Provider Set:
OpenStax College
Author:
John M. Lund
P. Scott Corbett
Paul Vickery
Sylvie Waskiewicz
Todd Pfannestiel
Volker Janssen
Date Added:
05/07/2014
The United States in the Nuclear Age
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This subject examines the unique culture that developed in the United States after World War II. The dawn of the nuclear age and the ensuing Cold War fundamentally altered American politics and social life. It also led to a flowering of technological experimentation and rapid innovation in the sciences. Over the course of the term, students will explore how Americans responded to these changes, and how those responses continue to shape life in the US today.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Horan, Caley
Date Added:
02/01/2016
Urban Development in Conflict Cities: Planning Challenges and Policy Innovations
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Economic, religious, gender, and ethnic differences must be negotiated every day in the urban arena. When tensions and conflict escalate into violence, the urban space becomes the battlespace in which these tensions are negotiated. This course examines urban development challenges in conflict cities through multiple disciplinary perspectives on urban conflict. This course also reviews literature that focuses on when violence and cities intersect. Students will learn about policy innovations, and study potential planning, design, and policy solutions.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Cultural Geography
Political Science
Religious Studies
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Samper, Jota
Date Added:
09/01/2015
Violence, Human Rights, and Justice
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This course examines the problem of mass violence and oppression in the contemporary world, and the concept of human rights as a defense against such abuse. It explores questions of cultural relativism, race, gender and ethnicity. It examines case studies from war crimes tribunals, truth commissions, anti-terrorist policies and other judicial attempts to redress state-sponsored wrongs. It also considers whether the human rights framework effectively promotes the rule of law in modern societies. Students debate moral positions and address ideas of moral relativism.

Subject:
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Philosophy
Social Science
Sociology
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Full Course
Provider:
MIT
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
James, Erica
Date Added:
09/01/2014