GNDR 3100 - Medusa and Manifestos: Identity and Protest in the Information Age

Required core course for Gender Studies majors and minors. This course serves as an introduction to the history of social movements and the search for social justice in post-WW II United States. Focusing on feminism and the rights of women, we will also explore the civil rights movements of ethnic minorities and the gay/lesbian/transgendered communities. What has been the relationship between these movements, and what has shaped their relative successes and failures? This is a writing intensive course.