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Fall 2019 | GWSS 3002W Section 001: Gender, Race, and Class in the U.S. (21090)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
GWSS 3002V Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall B10
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (20 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Comparative study of women, gender, race, class, sexuality in two or more ethnic cultures throughout U.S.
- Class Description:
- What is the relationship between art, media, and social justice? How do artists position themselves and their art in relation to social change? How are artists experimenting with form and subject not only to respond to existing social inequities, but to also imagine alternative ways of being? And how do projects by contemporary artists complement, complicate, and contest one another? This class takes up these questions with regard to women artists (cisgendered and transgendered) and female bodied-artists who may not identify within the male-female gender binary. (In some cases, we will discuss the work of male-identified artists where their work intersects with the themes of the class.) Thinking through various art forms (the visual, performance-based, dance, the spoken and written word, music, film and mixed-media) we will explore how these artists contest and complicate notions of gender and genre as they intersect with questions of identity (such as race, class, ability, sexuality, religion, nation) and political commitments. While we will engage with artists from a wide range of social and geopolitical spheres, we will also engage on the local level, taking particular advantage of the vibrant arts scene in the Twin Cities. Because art cannot simply be ?studied,? but is also intrinsically linked with experience, audience and engagement, in addition to reading key pieces of feminist and queer art criticism, a central part of the course will be devoted to attending, reflecting, and discussing local arts events in the community. Students will be asked to attend at least 4 arts events during the semester. The majority of writing will be reflective and/or creative, allowing students to work through and respond to questions and themes addressed in the works we engage throughout the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21090/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 February 2015
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2019 Gender, Women, & Sexuality Std Classes