Fall 2020 - GSWS 319 D100
Special Topics in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (4)
Class Number: 7505
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: TBA, TBA
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Dionysia Eirini Kotsovili
dkotsovi@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
30 units including three units in GSWS or WS or GDST.
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:
Examines the impact of national and political contexts upon individual women; their personal histories, political engagement, memories and identities. The course begins by examining archetypes of women in the ancient Greek world before moving onto providing reflections on past and present representations of women in a wider range of writings and films produced in Europe, the Balkans, North America and Latin America. The objective of the course is to analyze themes and theories relevant to the stories of these women so as to reflect on the specific social contexts and the prevailing cultural and gender norms. It will offer a critical analysis on the continuities and discontinuities of women’s representations while reflecting on post/modernity, gender, politics, philosophy, theory and broader contemporary debates.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/undergraduate/courses/Educational_Goals.html
Grading
- Participation 10%
- Presentation 10%
- Quizzes 30%
- Portfolio 50%
NOTES:
SYNCHRONOUS and/or ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS SCHEDULING
Asynchronous - Wednesday.9:30 - 11:20.
Synchronous – Wednesday 11:20 - 12:20.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
• Whitehead, Stephen. Talahite, Anissa. Moodley, Roy. Gender and identity; key themes and new directions. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0195444902 (e-version, https://www.vitalsource.com/en-ca/ or https://www.redshelf.com)
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Archer Mann, Susan. Doing feminist theory; from modernity to postmodernity. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Campbell, Lara. Myers, Tamara. Perry, Adele. eds. Rethinking Canada: the promise of women’s history. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Registrar Notes:
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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020
Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).