Spring 2018 - GSWS 411 D100
Special Topics in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (4)
Class Number: 12975
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Tue, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Amal Ghazal
aghazal@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
45 units, including six units in GSWS.
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:
This seminar course explores themes related to slavery in Muslim societies. The focus is on women within the slavery systems that developed in Muslim societies, especially in Africa and the Ottoman Empire. We will be dealing mostly with the 18th and 19th centuries. The course’s objectives are to critically engage with the meaning and practice of slavery in Muslim societies, assess the relationship between slavery and religion as defined both legally and practically, and understand how this relationship shaped the roles and lives of enslaved women, with an emphasis on their sexuality.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/courses/Educational_Goals.html
Grading
- Attendance/Participation 25%
- Presentation/Leading Discussion 15%
- Book review 20%
- Paper outline and Bibliography 10%
- 1st draft 15%
- Final draft 15%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
*Madeleine C. Zilfi, Women and Slavery in the Late Ottoman Empire (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).
*Articles and book chapters, as listed in Schedule. Copies or links are provided on Canvas.
Registrar Notes:
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