ClassInfo - Spring 2021 Gender, Women, & Sexuality Std Classes

Spring 2021 | GWSS 4490 Section 001: Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies -- Revolutions (67803)

Instructor(s): Sima Shakhsari
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Enrollment Requirements:: sr or grad
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Closed (0 of 35 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:

Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: Sr or grad student or instr consent

Class Description:

Revolution

This course takes a transnational feminist and queer approach to revolutions and uprisings around the world. Rather than centering Europe or the U.S. by starting with the American and French Revolutions, we will focus on the "global south," and learn about the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), the Egyptian revolution (1952), The Iraqi revolution (1958), the Algerian revolution (1954-1962), the Cuban revolution (1959), the Iranians revolution (1979), and the Indigenous Revolution (1990-2005) in Bolivia. We will also look at uprisings in the Balkans (2019-2020), the Arab Spring (2010-2012), the first and second Palestinian intifadas and protests (1987- present), Mothers of Plaza De Mayo protests in Argentina (1977-present), the Lebanese October revolution/uprisings (2019-2020), the Shaheen Bagh Inqilab/protests in India (2019-2020), the Kashmiri Intifada (1989-present), the protests in Chile (2019-2020); the Brazilian protests (2018-present), the Standing Rock uprising (2016-2017), the Black Panthers movement (1966- 1982), and the Black Lives Matter movement/protests (2013-present). We will challenge masculinist presentations of revolutions and uprisings and move beyond the vilification or romanticization of revolutions to critically engage with the concept of revolution. This includes thinking about the commodification of revolutions in late neoliberalism, examining potential complicities of revolutions with exclusionary nationalisms, global capitalism, or imperialism, and exploring the liberatory potentials of revolution.

Who Should Take This Class?:

Upper division undergrads of all majors

Learning Objectives:

To learn about the role of gender and sexuality in revolutions and uprisings transnationally.

Exam Format:

Take home essays.

Class Format:

Discussion-based. Remote teaching.

Textbooks:

https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67803/1213

Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:

18 November 2020

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