IDS 2013 - Feminist Methodologies

Credits: 4
Since the seventies, feminist theory has attempted to explain the conditions under which women’s lives are lived. Feminist theory is now a vast collection of diverse global perspectives on historical and cultural daily practices and experiences. This course will bring together faculty from a range of disciplines (including classical studies, English literature, history, political science, psychology, science, sociology and social work,) who will discuss the implications of feminist theory in their own field or their own scholarly work. The emphasis will be on the application of theory. Through discussions with participants and selected readings, students will explore important theories and theorists, and consider the value and limitations in this new construction of knowledge.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding