WST 151 A-Z - Special Topics in Women’s StudiesSemester Hours: 1-4
Periodically
Studies in special topics in the field of women’s and gender studies. Topics vary by semester. May be cross-listed with courses in other departments or disciplines.
Current Special Topics
WST 151J - Gender and Sexuality in Manga, Anime, and Japanese Popular Culture
This course examines the representations of gender and sexuality in Japanese pop culture, by tracing both heteronormative and queer representations (shojo, shonen, cross-dressing, gender-benders, boys’ love, girls’ love, trans, etc.) in Japanese graphic novels (manga), anime, film, theater, and other popular media. This course will take us to discussions about how these cultural practices conform or challenge socially-given identity practices, and to examinations of the complexities of gender, sex, and sexuality in Japanese society and culture.
Crosslisted as LIT 096 , LGBT 180X
WST 151Q - #MeToo in French Literature and Culture
The course, taught in English, explores narratives centered around the idea of consent in French literature, film and media. It explores the ideological climate that led to the #MeToo movement in France and in the world. No knowledge of French is necessary for this distribution course.
Crosslisted as FRLT 120
WST 151R - Major Authors: Toni Morrison
This writing intensive (WI) seminar examines the life and work of one of America’s most important writers. Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, becoming the eighth woman, the first African American, and the first Black woman to win the prestigious literary prize. In this seminar, we will critically engage with Toni Morrison’s fiction. In addition to reading Morrison’s fiction, we will read Morrison’s own criticism, as well as critical essays by scholars which will assist with our understanding of her literary and cultural impact. Morrison’s success as a senior editor, critic, and novelist presented her with opportunities to express her views on a host of subjects including education, censorship, gender, leadership, friendship, ethics, morality, and spirituality. Her imaginative and cultural work has chronicled the African American experience from slavery to the twenty-first century. This course will explore the ways Morrison constructs discourses that expand and complicate historical narratives and ideologies about Black life.
Prerequisites: WSC 001 or WSC 002 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.This course is cross listed as AFST 187Q and ENGL 151B .
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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