Spring 2018 - GSWS 321 D100
Special Topics in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (4)
Class Number: 3632
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Wed, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 21, 2018
Sat, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Katie McCullough
klmccull@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
15 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A specific theme within the field of gender, sexuality, and women's studies, not otherwise covered in depth in regularly scheduled courses, will be dealt with as occasion and demand warrant.
COURSE DETAILS:
Using an interdisciplinary and multimedia (art, film, music, and literature) approach examines the social history of the family and youth in Scotland during the rise and fall of the British welfare state, from 1845 to the present.
Between 1700 and the present, Scotland underwent a period of intense social and economic upheaval that had dramatic impacts on the lives of women and their families—among them, increased surveillance over their everyday lives from those in position of power in Scottish society. Using gender as the lens with which to examine the everyday lives of Scottish people, this course will examine, for example, attempts to control women’s bodies and suppress ‘superstitions’ through the witchcraft trials, the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the rhythms of family life and privacy, and the effort by private and state interests to remake children into dutiful citizens. Students will then debate the ways in which women and their families negotiated and resisted these wider forces.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/courses/Educational_Goals.html
Grading
- Participation 20%
- Primary document assignment 15%
- Online Discussions 10%
- Research essay proposal (300 words plus annotated bibliography) 5%
- Research essay (12-15 pages including bibliography) 30%
- Final exam 20%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Lynn Abrams ed. Gender in Scottish History Since 1700. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006 [available online through the library as an e-book]
Registrar Notes:
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