Focus on both the emergence of feminist concerns and on aesthetic issues of theme and form. Analysis of contemporary issues such as the coming out process, families of origin and created families, parenting, relationships, sex, work, legal rights, culture. Paired with WOMS 764. Students who have complete WOMS 564 may not take WOMS 764 later for credit. Also covers minorities in Arab Middle East.
Analysis includes issues of gender as it related to nationalism, religion and culture.
The history of the social, cultural, intellectual, political and economic lives of women in China and Japan. Theories of origin of the family, the cultural conditioning of sex roles, the myth of feminine evil, and changing sex roles in modern societies. Supervised community, university or Women Studies Program service which implements or otherwise relates to the Women Studies major, program, individual WOMS courses, or the student's own major. May be taken for a total of nine units. Enrollment by petition.