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WMST334
Engendering Postmodernity
WMST334 FA
Crosslistings: ANTH330
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 18 | 0 | Times: M...... 1:10PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998
)
This course offers a critical engagement with postmodernity
in historical, cultural, and feminist perspectives. The
focus is on twentieth century social processes, conditions
and crises across time and space, and with the implications
of the "global" and "transnational" for variously situated
women and men. The early weeks are organized around
approaches to understanding modernity and postmodernity
politically, economically, and culturally. We then move on
to consider how the "condition of postmodernity" is creating
and deepening faultlines of gender, class and color. This
leads to a historical examination of commodities and
commodification, and finally to a consideration of how
contemporary crises of capitalism(s) can be understood
culturally and pluralistically.
MAJOR READINGS
Required texts include M. Davis, CITY OF
QUARTZ
C. Enloe, BANANAS, BEACHES, AND BASES
D. Harvey, THE CONDITION OF POSTMODERNITY
F. Marx, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
T. Perez, DIARY OF AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short response papers, two
oral presentations, and a final essay.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Polier, N
- Times: M...... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 3
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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