The women's movement in Canada, the U.S., and various European countries receive significant attention. Movements focusing on labour, the environment, aboriginal issues, disability, race and other issues are also discussed. This course examines the body as a terrain of complex cultural politics. Drawing upon recent writing in post-modern social theory and philosophy we will look at ways in which the body is conceptualized, indeed produced, in contemporary Western culture. An interdisciplinary approach to questions of gender and sexuality in early modern Europe, with special focus on the representations of the sexual drive, the gender roles of men and women, the varieties of sexual experience in the literature and art of the period.
Emphasis is on gender relations.
SOC365Y Sociology of Gender Relations Examination of historical and contemporary sources of gender inequality, and the many dimensions of gender difference and inequality today. This course will force students to critically examine their hidden opinions and thoughts regarding AIDS and HIV through an examination of the scientific, medical, social, economic environment, and cultural environments in which AIDS and HIV infection are observed. The Canadian Community Attention focused on case studies which investigate the social organization of Canadian communities. The case study approach emphasises theory and methods. A psychological, anthropological and biological study of sex and gender.