Faculteit der Cultuur- en Maatschappijwetenschappen
Crucial differences in the 21st century
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This course addresses contemporary configurations of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class, and the way in which these ‘crucial differences’ function on social, cultural, and subjective levels in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Through a critical inquiry into topical cases as well as major texts within contemporary gender and diversity studies, the course traces the multiple ways in which identity and difference, inclusion and exclusion, equality and inequality are produced and reproduced in ongoing flows of negotiation and transformation. From the headscarf debates in France to queer theory, and from critical whiteness studies to the politics of sexual nationalism, the course traces the complex interaction between gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity and class in the contemporary world.Doelstellingen van dit vak
The main objectives of this course are: • To acquaint students with contemporary configurations of gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, and class, and the way in which these ‘crucial differences’ structure contemporary cultural texts and images, as well as social and individual identities and institutions. • To familiarize students with topical debates, themes and theories in contemporary gender and diversity studies. • To teach students how multiple identities and experiences of difference and inequality interact, by familiarizing them with intersectional approaches to gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity and class. • To provide students with the analytical skills to examine the dynamics of the production and reproduction of identity and difference, inclusion and exclusion, equality and inequality.MCD3001
Periode 2
25 okt 2021
17 dec 2021
Studiepunten:
12.0Taal van de opleiding:
EngelsCoördinator:
Onderwijsmethode:
PBLEvaluatiemethoden:
Presentation, Take home exam, Final paperTrefwoorden:
Gender and diversity studies; Intersectionality; Identity politics; Queer theory; Difference and inequality