Provides a solid foundation for the study of women. The course will develop a social analysis of women's oppression, and through class discussions students will relate personal experiences to the readings. The topics covered are women and work, women in families, the economic system's effect on women, violence against women, sexuality, women of color, and women in other societies. This is a general art lab course specifically aimed at women who are not majoring in art. Its purpose will be to encourage women to experiment and investigate the possibilities of art-to discover how to use it to enrich their own lives.
Materials are extra.
Students will be expected to take initiative in understanding the issues. This course will examine the premise that writing is serious play. The course illuminates contemporary issues regarding work, marriage, and family from a historical perspective. Conflicts between traditional Confucian morality and modernization in patriarchal society. Family life, education, and revolutionary social movements, especially contemporary feminism.