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Spring 2008

Undergraduate Courses

G101: Gender, Culture & Society (3 credits) (A&H)

Gender, Culture & Society provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of gender - the social creation and cultural representation of femininity and masculinity - by examining relevant beliefs, practices, debates and political struggles. Lectures, readings and class discussions consider how people of different races, ethnicities, classes and nationalities in various historical periods have assumed gendered identities. Topics may include: romantic love and marriage; sexuality; parenthood, reproduction, birth control and new reproductive technologies; interpersonal violence; the scientific study of sexual differences; fitness, health, body image, and popular culture; the sexual division of labor and economic development; and feminist movements.

• Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - MWF - Instructor: Weber, B (section: 7929 HONORS)   TBA
• Lecture: 9:05am-9:55am - MWF - Instructor: Harrison, L (section: 7930)    TBA
• Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - MWF - Instructor: Harrison, L (section: 25517)   TBA
• Lecture: 10:10am-11:00am - MWF - Instructor: Rowley, S (section: 25516)   TBA
• Lecture: 12:20pm-1:10pm - MWF - Instructor: Rowley, S (section: 25518)   TBA
• Lecture: 10:10am-11:00am - MWF - Instructor: Lane, B (section: 25519)   TBA
• Lecture: 12:20pm-1:10pm - MWF - Instructor: Lane, B (section: 25520)   TBA
• Lecture: 9:05am-9:55am - MWF - Instructor: Weida, S (section: 25521)   TBA
• Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - MWF - Instructor: Weida, S (section: 25522)   TBA

G102: Sexual Politics (3 credits) (S&H)

Sexual Politics examines the ways in which sex and gender become political - in the U.S. and in other societies. The course examines a range of issues and questions which demonstrate how the analysis of gender broadens our understanding of what counts as 'political', for instance: Why are men expected to be soldiers but, typically, women are not? What happens when governments presume women will physically take care of, and men will materially provide for children? Why and how is it that politics and public life become gendered and sexualized? How does the gendered character of public life affect legislation, public policies, research directions, and everyday existence? Such questions permit alternative visions of political theory and strategies.

• Lecture: 1:25pm-2:15pm -MW - Instructor: Bailey, M (section: 7931)      TBA   Required Discussion Sections for Bailey's Course (choose one):
• R: 4:00pm-4:50pm (section: 25524)  TBA
• R: 4:00pm-4:50pm (section: 25527)    TBA
• F: 10:10am-11:00am (section: 25525 ) TBA
• F: 10:10am-11:00am (section: 25528 ) TBA
• F: 12:20pm-1:10pm (section: 25526) TBA
• F: 12:20pm-1:10pm (section: 25529)   TBA
• Honors Discussion:
• 4:00pm-4:50pm - W - Instructor: Bailey, M (section: 25530)     TBA

G104: Topics in the Study of Gender (3 credits)

Topic: Girls and Girlhood

Notions of girlhood are constantly under contestation, unstable and problematic. Much of the discussion centralizing around youth cultures, teenagers and adolescents depends upon how we might define those categories. With terms such as teens and tweens, girls and grrls, female adolescents and young women, it is quite difficult to negotiate the meaning of the terms "girls" and "girlhood." Delving into an understanding of girlhood that also takes into account understandings of both childhood and adulthood, this course will explore girlhood as a transitional and liminal space within our cultural imaginary. Using film, literature, television, art, cartoons, advertisements, music, etc., this course will explore the ways in which girlhood has been constructed within contemporary American popular culture.

Topics addressed in this course may include: tomboys, final girls, girlhood sexualities, girl-made media, zines, girlhood ideas of beauty, girlhood body ideals, teen dramas, dolls, Lolitas, child beauty pageants, tween culture, girls' fan cultures, girls' subcultures, music videos, etc.Readings may include McRobbie and Garber's "Girls and Subcultures,"

Catherine Driscoll's Girls, Scott Westerfeld's Uglies, Caitlin Fisher's "The Sexual Girl Within," Mary Celeste Kearney's Girls Make Media, and Carol Clover's "Her Body, Himself." Screenings may include The Virgin Suicides, thirteen, Palindromes, All Over Me, Quinceanera, Carrie, But, I'm a Cheerleader, South of Nowhere, Degrassi Junior High, etc.

• Lecture: MWF 11:15-12:05 - Instructor: Sinwell, S (section: 25533)       TBA

G104: Topics in the Study of Gender (3 credits)

Topic: Feminist Media Studies

This course will examine how mass media contributes to the ways we each understand gender, sex, and other aspects of identity such as race, sexuality and body image. The course will start from the premise of gender as being separate from sex and as created and reinforced by society. We will then use feminist media studies as a lens for examining the role media plays not only in reinforcing "traditional" ideas about gender, but also the role media can (and often does) play in resisting those traditional ideas and in creating alternative images and ideas. Students will be introduced to some of the key works of feminist media analysis and will be taught the skills of how to analyze and discuss various media examples through feminist points of view. Some topics to be discussed include the media's representation of bodies-both male and female; the "performance" of masculinity and femininity; various theories of how to "read" women's and men's roles in media-especially "masculinized" women and "feminized" men; and the role certain genres such as pornography, horror, action adventure, science fiction, "chick flicks," and others play in reinforcing and/or transgressing gender norms.

• Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - TR - Instructor: DeRose, M (section: 25534)             TBA

G205: Themes in the Study of Gender (3 credits)

Topic: Women, Feminism & History

How do the stories we tell about the past influence what we think possible in the present? This course addresses this question, and offers a broad introduction to women's history, by examining classic works in Western feminism in light of contemporary historical scholarship. From Christine de Pizan in the 14th century to Virginia Woolf in the 20th, women writers have used history to question the seemingly unchangeable differences between the sexes. Studying the way these thinkers have wrestled with the past teaches important lessons about the practice of history. This course aims not only to expand your knowledge of the history of women and feminism, but also to help you develop the analytical skills needed to understand historical arguments more generally.  The class will combine lecture and discussion formats. Readings will emphasize primary sources, including materials that range from stories to letters to legal briefs. There will be weekly exercises designed to help you analyze these materials, develop skill in historical thinking, and foster class discussion. There will also be a mid-term and a final. The course website http://www.indiana.edu/~wfh/ contains complete and up-to-date details about the content and requirements of the course

• Lecture: 9:30am-10:45am - TR - Instructor: Sword, K (section: 14558)             TBA

G205: Themes in the Study of Gender (3 credits)

Topic: Western Feminist Theory & Politics, 1750-1950

An undergraduate review of comparative western feminist theory, focusing on 19^th and 20^th century feminism, gender sexuality and gender studies.

• Lecture: 12:20pm-1:10pm - TR - Instructor: Allen, J (section: 25538)     TBA Required Discussion Sections for Dr. Allen's Course (choose one):
• T: 2:30pm-3:20pm (section: 25539)  TBA 
• W: 3:35pm-4:25pm (section: 25541)  TBA
• W: 12:20pm-1:10pm (section : 25540) TBA 
• R: 10:10am-11:00am (section: 25542)  TBA

G205: Themes in the Study of Gender (3 credits)

Topic: Gender &Sexuality in American History

This is not a course about "naked people", as BC Magazine once described an earlier version.  Instead it is a course that combines conventional historical topics with unconventional themes.  "Gender and Sexuality in American History" examines how gender (the ways in which various societies define what it means to be a "man" or a "woman") and changing attitudes toward sexual behaviors influenced selected issues and events in American history. We will consider the European "discovery" of America, the industrial revolution, race relations in the "Old" and "New" South, the Spanish American War and Cold War.   We'll examine the relevance of issues that we often think of as "private" to political and economic history.  We'll focus on sources such as visual images, songs, novels, and films in order to understand how Americans themselves viewed the relationship between gender and sexuality, on one hand, and political, social and economic events, on the other.

• Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - TR - Instructor: Gamber, W (section: 25569)   TBA   Required Discussion Sections for Dr. Gamber's Course (choose one):
• T: 2:30pm-3:20pm (section: 25570)    TBA
• W: 3:35pm-4:25pm (section: 25574 ) TBA 
• T: 2:30pm-3:20pm (section: 25571)  TBA
• W: 3:35pm-4:25pm (section: 25575 ) TBA
• W: 11:15am-12:05pm (section: 25572) TBA
• R: 9:05am-9:55am (section: 25576)    TBA
• W: 11:15am-12:05pm (section: 25573) TBA
• R: 9:05am-9:55am (section: 25577) TBA

G206: Gay Histories, Queer Cultures (3 credits) (S&H)

Examines the social, cultural and political history of same-sex relationships and desires in the United States and abroad, emphasizing the historical emergence of certain American sexual subcultures such as the modern lesbian and gay "movement" or "community." The course also highlights particular formations such as race, class, gender and regional differences that interrupt unified, universal narratives of lesbian and gay history.

• Lecture: 2:30pm-3:45pm - TR- Instructor: Maher, J (section: 25581)   TBA

G215: Sex & Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 credits) (S&H, CS)

Sex & Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective investigates and compares different constructions of sex and gender around the world.  The course asks how cross-cultural variations force us to rethink assumptions about bodies, sexuality, gendered social roles, and work and family. How do people in different cultures come to consider and express themselves as "men", "women", or something else? What are the social forces that constrain them to act and think as gendered persons? Most importantly, what are the potential consequences of not conforming to those norms?  The course will also consider how global forces such as militarism and religious fundamentalism influence sex and gender formations.

• Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - MWF - Instructor: Hintlian, P (section: 7933)  TBA

G225: Gender, Sexuality & Popular Culture (3 credits) (A&H, CS)

Gender, Sexuality & Popular Culture surveys the making and meaning of masculinity, femininity and sexuality in popular culture. Emphasizing ways in which the form and technology of popular culture have changed during the twentieth century, the course explores gender/sexuality in such contexts as: fiction, theater, cinema, music, television, journalism and other mass media. Issues interrogated may include: gender and the power of the image; sex and spectatorship; melodrama, film noir and "the women's film"; rock music women and MTV; race, age and representation; masculinity and femininity; and violence and pornography.

• Lecture: 9:30am-10:45am - TR - Instructor: Kinder, J (section: 14559)   TBA
• Lecture: 4:00pm-5:15pm -  TR  - Instructor: DeRose, M (section: 7935)    TBA
• Lecture: 5:45pm-7:00pm - MW - Instructor: Sinwell, S (section: 7936)    TBA Lecture: 5:30pm-6:45pm - TR - Instructor: Maher, J (section: 7934)   TBA

G230 Gendered Relations (3 credits) (S&H)

This course examines the gendered dynamics of social relations.  Specifically, it explores how gender and sexuality are imagined, constructed, and lived within a diverse set of institutions and cultural locations.  Such locations may include the military, the antebellum slave plantation, the global sex market, the hospital, and the contemporary workplace.  In addition to socio-historical theories of gender and sexuality, students will draw upon autobiography, ethnography, literature, and popular culture to understand how gender and sexuality shape social organization and human interaction.  Above all, students will be asked to analyze the relationship between gendered identities and the social contexts in which they are performed.

• Lecture: 5:30pm-6:45pm - TR - Instructor: Kinder, J (section: 25582)   TBA

G300: Gender Studies: Core Concepts and Key Debates (3 credits) (Intensive Writing Class)

Examination of the field of Gender Studies.  Students will explore a series of themes through which gender is discussed, analyzed, and defined. Conceptual frameworks of gender, theories of sexuality, and the cultural and historical construction of the body are emphasized.  Examination of gender as a contested, category ranging across categories of race, ethnicity, class and nationality.

• Lecture: 4:00pm-5:15pm - TR- Instructor: Frazier, L (section: 14561)   TBA

G302: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)

Topic: Gender, Sexuality and Race in Science Fiction

Science Fiction has a long history of providing social commentary on issues surrounding gender, sexuality and race.  This course will use works of Science Fiction from literature, film, and television to examine issues of power, privilege, and oppression as well as specific topics such as social construction of gender, racism, environmentalism, homophobia, violence, and surveillance of women's bodies.  Students will learn how Science Fiction, especially Feminist Science Fiction, uses such narrative devices as alternate histories, reversals, and visions of utopias / dystopias to critique various aspects of culture and to give alternative ways of seeing our world and what our future could be.  As Walter Mosely says, "The power of science fiction is that it can tear down the walls and windows, the artifice and laws by changing the logic, empowering the disenfranchised, or simply by asking What if?"

• Lecture: 11:15am-12:30pm - TR - Instructor: DeRose, M (section: 11743)   TBA

G302: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits) (S&H, CS)

Topic: The Latino Family

This course will examine the Latino family as a social system in the U.S.  We will begin with an examination of how scholars approach the study of the Latino family. The course also includes such topics as diversity of Latino families; marital patterns; gender roles; the status of Latino youth; social network; education; rituals based on social class; and representations in the media.

• Lecture: 2:30pm-3:45pm - TR - Instructor: Martinez, S (section: 15228)   TBA

G302: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits) (S&H, CS)

Topic: Gender and Migration from the Caribbean

This course will examine the immigration of Caribbean ethnic communities to the United States, as well as to other Caribbean islands with the objective to study how gender relations and identities develop in a transnational context. The course will be divided into three main areas of inquiry. First, as an introduction to gender relations in the Caribbean, we will situate the development of Caribbean national gender notions within a colonial context of patriarchal relations.  Second, we will examine how the massive incorporation of women into the labor force during the first half of the twentieth century affected ideas of family, femininity, masculinity, and gender responsibilities.  Finally we will delve into the immigration experience of Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, West Indians, and Haitians within the Caribbean, to the United States, and from the United States to their islands of origin. A close look at the socio-economic context of these experiences will help us understand the amalgam of elements that inform the formation of transnational masculinities and femininities.

• Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - MW - Instructor: Moya-Fabregas, J (section: 15227)   TBA

G310: Representation & the Body (3 credits) (A&H)

Analysis of scholarship concerned with how the body is percieved, represented, and symbolically charged.  This course examines concepts that include sexed bodies, desiring bodies, corporeality, body politics, and sociological bodily rituals. Thematically, the course investigates exterior/interior, solid/fluid, and sex/gender distinctions critical to discussions of the body.

• Lecture: 1-2:15 - MW - Instructor: Sinwell, S (section: 7937)    BH 005

G402: Seminar in Gender Studies (3 credits) (S&H)

Topic: Gender & Therapies

Psychological ideas about personhood have become very influential, extending well beyond the therapy room to inform everyday perceptions of people's motivations, intentions, and meanings in life. Gender is a key element here.  How do we account for a widespread belief that men are more individualistic than women? Do nuclear family ideals shape girls' and boys' gender identities and sexualities in predictable ways? When and how do therapists, counselors, and their clients engage these questions? What are the perceived links in the therapy world between gender and categories of race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, and cultural difference -- as well as professional "expertise"?  This course examines intersections of gender and psychotherapy through a critical assessment of various individual, family, and couples therapies. Both implicit and explicit representations of gender are scrutinized when course participants analyze therapies' potential to reinforce or transform received concepts of gender and gendered relations.  Psychological, historical, literary, sociological, anthropological, and cultural studies perspectives are compared.

• Lecture: 11:15am-12:30pm -  TR -  Instructor: Gremillion, H (section: 12533)       TBA

G410: International Feminist Debates (3 credits) (CS)

Investigation of debates among feminists as to whether aspirations towards global feminism are possible and desirable. The course compares concerns about the global situation of women, as articulated by international bodies such as the United Nations, with concerns articulated by feminists in different parts of the world.  This semester's focus will be one "Race and the Erotics of Imperialism" comparing case studies from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Zimbabwe, and Algeria. We will use case studies, literature, autobiographies, music, and film to explore the connections between issues of gender/sexuality, race/ethnicity, and anti-imperialist movements to look at the ways in which culture becomes a terrain of struggle.

• Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - TR - Instructor: Frazier, L (section: 25586)   TBA

G435: Health, Sex and Gender (3 credits) (S&H)

Examines health as it relates to female and male sexuality and to the roles and status of men and women in society. It explores public policy decisions related to medical research practices. Topics may include research about adult sexuality and personal health, contraception, sexual abuse, gender-specific diseases, and sexually transmitted diseases.

• Lecture: 1:00pm-3:20pm - W - Instructor: Sanders, S (section: 25588)   TBA

G480: Practicum in Gender Studies (3-6 credits per semester, 6 credits max)

Restricted to Junior or Senior Standing and 12 previous credit hours of Gender Studies coursework.

Requires course authorization from Gender Studies (for authorization e-mail: gender@indiana.edu)

In the G480 Practicum, students gain field experience by working in an internship or on a gender-related research project. In an internship, students work in an organization where they apply or gain practical insight into gendered concepts and issues. Students learn by taking on responsible roles as workers in organizations and observing and reflecting on what happens while they are there. Students also produce written work about their experiences, in accordance with their agreement with a faculty sponsor. (section: 7938)        Arr.

G495: Undergraduate Readings & Research in Gender Studies (1-3 credits per semester, 6 credits max)

Requires course authorization from Gender Studies (for authorization e-mail: gender@indiana.edu)

The undergraduate Readings and Research course exists to enable Gender Studies BA and undergraduate minor students to undertake intensive independent study of particular topics not usually covered in existing courses. An appropriate faculty member supervises the work. Students interested in independent study should develop a topic prior to registration in consultation with a faculty member and the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Consult your academic advisor for additional details. (section: 7939)         Arr.

G498: Critical Issues in Gender Studies (3 credits)

Topic: Cold War Masculinities

This class will use the backdrop of Cold War geopolitics to explore the construction of masculinities in the second half of the twentieth century.  It will also explore how masculinity served as an important battleground upon which the Cold War was imagined and contested.  In doing so, the class will examine a wide array of discourses and cultural spaces where "Cold War masculinities" were articulated, resisted, and made meaningful.  Such discourses and spaces may include James Bond; film noir; Beat poetics; the boxing (and body) of Muhammad Ali; the activism (and exile) of Paul Robeson; U.S. and Soviet propaganda posters and films; American ideologies of containment; the films of Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock; the Space Race; the "lavender scare"; the political culture of "Camelot"; the art of H.C. Westermann; the "hard bodies" of Ronald Reagan and John Rambo; the "hidden" bodies of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners; Vietnam War photography; political revolutions in Cuba, China, Vietnam, Algeria, and Eastern Europe. 

• Lecture: 4:00pm-6:30pm - W - Instructor: Kinder, J (section: 14565)   TBA

G498/701: Critical Issues in Gender Studies (3 credits)

Topic: Representing Gender, Medicine and the Body

Gender, Medicine, and the Body examines topical themes related to medicine and the body as they interact with gender, through portrayals by a variety of fields and texts.  Theoretical works are positioned against primary texts, the latter drawn from both fiction and non-fiction works. Both Western and non-Western cultural traditions receive scrutiny. Topics include cross-cultural inquiry into gendered systems of healing, feminist critiques of medical models, critical perspectives on gender and medicalization, and the gendering of bodies through technological meditation.

• Lecture: 8:45am-10:45am - T - Instructor: Malti-Douglas, F (section: 27098 )              MME 131

G498: Critical Issues in Gender Studies (3 credits)

Topic: Psychology of Women

The Psychology of Women is an advanced undergraduate level course which analyzes basic data and theories about the development and maintenance of sex and gender differences. Students will become familiar with current research and theory on the psychology of women and will utilize discussion and critical thinking strategies to examine the interactions between psychology, gender, and culture.

• Lecture: 2:30pm-3:45pm - TR - Instructor: Brehm, S; Sinex, L (section: 27100 )  TBA

G499: Honors Thesis in Gender Studies (3-6 credits)

P: G495 and consent of faculty mentor and chair. The Honors Thesis is taken after completion of the G495 Readings and Research Course with the Honors Designation.  Note: This course follows the G495 Honors which should be taken in the fall. G499 Honors Thesis is typically taken in the spring.  Obtain permission form from the Gender Studies Office and have it signed by the faculty member agreeing to work with you.  May be taken for a maximum of 6 credits. (section: 13469) Arr.

Graduate Courses

G603 : Contemporary Debates in Feminist Theory (3 credits)

The course analyzes current feminist debates within and sometimes against numerous intellectual movements, including but not limited to poststructuralism, ethnic studies, critical race theory, and cultural studies. Most assuredly NOT a review of "2nd wave feminism," this course instead assumes prior study of the major schools of feminist thought and pushes students to wrestle with critical issues that have emerged out of that earlier scholarship.

• Lecture: 2:30pm-4:45pm - W - Instructor: Maher, J (section: 14567)   MME 131

G695: Graduate Readings and Research in Gender Studies (1-3 credits per semester)

Requires course authorization from Gender Studies (for authorization e-mail: gender@indiana.edu).

This course provides for graduate students' intensive independent study of specific topics.  Study is supervised by an appropriate core or affiliated faculty member whose research expertise matches the student's area of interest.  These student projects are developed in consultation with this faculty member and the Director of Graduate Studies. Obtain permission form from the Gender Studies Office and have it signed by the faculty member agreeing to work with you. (section: 7940)    Arr.

G696: Research Colloquium in Gender Studies (1-3 credits per semester)

Requires course authorization from Gender Studies (for authorization e-mail: gender@indiana.edu).

Active participation in Gender Studies research colloquia. Introduces students to the problems, interpretations, theories, and research trends in all areas related to gender and sexuality studies.  Colloquia also cover themes in Gender Studies professional development (identification of funding sources, resume and job interview preparation, etc). Topics vary throughout the semester. May be repeated more than once for credit.. 

• Lecture: 2:00pm-3:30pm - TR - Instructor: Arr. (section: 25591)         MME 131

G700: Sexualized Genders/Gendered Sexualities (3 credits)

This course engages students with complex debates around sex, gender, sexuality, and the body that push beyond binary models reliant on a simple "nature/culture" distinction. Drawing heavily on queer theory, sexuality studies, and trans theory, we scrutinize the collision, intersection, and interaction between theories of gender and theories of sexuality. Rather than attempt to "bring it all together," we will instead provoke continued debate about the complicated relationship between gender, gendered identities, sexuality, sexual "identities," racialized bodies and identities and forms of power and coercion.

• Lecture: 11:00am-1:30pm - TR - Instructor: Walters, S (section: 25589)   MME 131

G701/498: Graduate Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)

Topic: Representing Gender, Medicine and the Body

Gender, Medicine, and the Body examines topical themes related to medicine and the body as they interact with gender, through portrayals by a variety of fields and texts.  Theoretical works are positioned against primary texts, the latter drawn from both fiction and non-fiction works. Both Western and non-Western cultural traditions receive scrutiny. Topics include cross-cultural inquiry into gendered systems of healing, feminist critiques of medical models, critical perspectives on gender and medicalization, and the gendering of bodies through technological meditation.

• Lecture: 8:45am-10:45am - T - Instructor: Malti-Douglas, F (section: 7941)  MME 131

G701: Graduate Topics in Gender Studies (4 credits)

Topic: Histories of Gender & Sexuality

Course involves research at a mature level with primary sources in specialized topics and problems in the history of gender and sexuality. It will train the student in historical scholarship in that area. Course may be taken more than once, upon approval of the student's advisory committee.

• Lecture: 3:30pm-5:30pm - T - Instructor: Allen, J (section: 12532)     TBA

G701: Graduate Topics in Gender Studies (4 credits)

Topic: Gender & Sexuality in Middle Eastern History

Over the last two decades, few aspects of the history of the Middle East (the Arab world, Turkey, and Iran) have received more scholarly attention than gender and sexuality. This graduate colloquium critically assesses this significant and rapidly expanding body of literature. The issues explored will include the theory and practice of Islamic law in relation to gender issues; Orientalist representations of the harem and female seclusion; the politics of marriage and reproduction; masculinity; and same-sex desires and practices.  This is a reading intensive class and active participation in discussion is required. We will read, on average, one book per week. Required monographs (available for purchase at the IU Bookstore) include:

Massad, Joseph. "Desiring Arabs." Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-226-50958-7.

Najmabadi, Afsaneh. "Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards:Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity." Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.ISBN: 978-0-520-24263-0.

Tucker, Judith. "In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine." Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0-520-22474-2.

Ze'evi, Dror. "Producing Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900." Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-520-24563-1.

• Lecture: 3:35pm-5:30pm - M - Instructor: Scalenghe , S (section: 14568)     TBA

G701: Graduate Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits) 

Topic: The Cultural Politics of HIV/AIDS

After twenty five years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, its impact on populations throughout the world has been devastating. While biomedicine, epidemiology, and public health shape the dominant understanding of the disease, cultural studies analyses have been by and large nonexistent. Thus, this course analyzes, and treats with skepticism, what is known about HIV/AIDS and its emergence through a cultural and political lens.  Taking the relationship between discourse and disease seriously, we will deploy a discursive analysis of the epidemic and its impact on certain populations in the U.S.  An examination of the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class, and the epidemic will be of primary focus. For instance, we will explore some differences between how the virus is represented, and what is happening "on the ground" among/between "targeted populations," and prevention and treatment communities. By engaging feminist and queer theories, and queer of color critiques, we will query how discourses of HIV/AIDS have cast certain bodies that are already racialized, gendered, and sexualized, simultaneously, as vectors of disease. Ultimately, our aim is to understand how discourses of disease perform the ideological underpinnings of social and sexual containment and control.

• Lecture: 4:00pm-6:30pm - M- Instructor: Bailey, M (section: 25594)   MME 131

G708: Contested Masculinities (3 credits)

This course examines masculinity at sites of contestation -- between disciplines, historical moments, nationalities, regions and bodily ontologies. By tracing the resonances of transnational, transdisciplinary, and transhistorical masculinities, our aim is to critically examine masculinities, particularly in the context of feminist challenges to hegemonic and violative gender ideologies.

• Lecture: 1:30pm-3:45pm - M - Instructor: Weber, B (section: 26224)         MME 131

G899: PhD Thesis (3 credits)

Requires course authorization from Gender Studies (for authorization e-mail: gender@indiana.edu).

This course exists to enable Ph.D. Major and Minor students to undertake intensive independent study of topics not usually covered in existing courses. An appropriate faculty member who does research in the student's area of interest supervises study. Students interested in independent study should develop a topic prior to registration and in consultation with a faculty member and the Chair of Gender Studies. (section: 25595)               Arr.

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