GLOS 3681 is also offered in Fall 2024
GLOS 3681 is also offered in Fall 2022
Spring 2018 | GLOS 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (52319)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
GWSS 3681 Section 001
RELS 3716 Section 001
SOC 3681 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
Open (19 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Experiences of Muslim women/families from historical/comparative perspective. Gender/family power relations in colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education/health, paid work, human rights, and Islamic feminism. prereq: At least soph; SOC 1001 recommended
- Class Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. It aims to expand the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East to highlight the complex and diverse everyday experiences of women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical Western representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular. We will explore the intricate web of gender and family power relations, and how these are contested and negotiated in these societies. Some of the themes the course explores include the debates on Muslim women and colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education and health, women and paid work, gender and human rights, and Islamic feminism debates.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
50% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
25% Film/Video
35% Discussion
- Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52319/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2016
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