Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2024 - GSWS 200 D100

Feminism without Borders (3)

Class Number: 3148

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

The focus will be on the situation of women in cross-cultural perspective using literary, historical, anthropological and other appropriate sources. Students who have completed WS 200 may not complete this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

We live in an ever increasingly globalized world; this course introduces transnational and Indigenous feminist gazes which are important to understand and engage with as we critique and understand gendered experiences cross-culturally. Each week focus on feminism in a particular (regional, religious, gender, or online) community. The course delves into discourses on ethnocentrism, Islamophobia, orientalism, intersectionality, globalization, representation, and solidarity.

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 15%
  • Weekly Quizzes 14%
  • Quotes + Question 20%
  • Midterm 25%
  • Final 26%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Carrier-Moisan, Marie-Eve, William Flynn, and Débora Santos. 2020. Gringo Love: Stories of Sex Tourism in Brazil. University of Toronto Press.

All other readings, videos, podcast links, etc. will be available online, through Canvas or via the SFU library.


Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html