GLOS 3681 is also offered in Fall 2024
GLOS 3681 is also offered in Fall 2022
Fall 2024 | GLOS 3681 Section 001: Gender and the Family in the Islamic World (32933)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Meets With:
SOC 3681 Section 001
RELS 3716 Section 001
GWSS 3681 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course explores the experiences of Muslim women and Muslim families from a historical and comparative perspective. Expanding the discussion on Muslim women's lives and experiences beyond the Middle East, by also centralizing on the experiences of Muslim women and families outside of this geographical area highlights the complex and diverse everyday experiences of Muslim women around the world. This wider lens exposes the limitations intrinsic in the stereotypical 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 feminisms debates. prereq: At least soph; 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.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Open to all.
- Learning Objectives:
- Expand our understand of Muslim women's lives and experiences.
Dismantle stereotypical representation of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular.
Better understand the role of gender and family power relations
Expand our knowledge base of both contemporary and historical relations of Muslim women with global debates about nation, gender, and politics.
- Exam Format:
- Short answer questions
- Class Format:
- 60% Discussion
20% Lecture
20% Film/Video
- Workload:
- 40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exams
1 Presentation(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32933/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 April 2024
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