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: 9:05am-9:55am - MWF - Instructor: Johnson, C
(section: 7629 HONORS) BH134

Lecture: 9:05am-9:55am - MWF - Instructor: Harrison, L
(section: 7630) BH016

Lecture: 10:10am-11:00am - MWF - Instructor: Harrison, L
(section: 14554) SY137

Lecture: 10:10am-11:00am - MWF - Instructor: Hill, B
(section: 14553) BH 232

Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - MWF - Instructor: Hill, B
(section: 14555) BH139

Lecture: 12:20pm-1:10pm - MWF - Instructor: Thomas-Williams, C (section: 14556) SE245

Lecture: 1:25pm-2:15pm - MWF - Instructor: Thomas-Williams, C (section: 14557) SB138

Lecture: 10:10am-11:00am - MWF - Instructor: Shand, A
(section: 14559) SY137

Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - MWF - Instructor: Shand, A
(section: 14558) BH015

Lecture: 9:05am-9:55am - MWF - Instructor: Wall, J
(section: 26340) BH232

Lecture: 8:00am -8:55am - MWF - Instructor: Wall, J
(section: 26341) SY0006

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: Doty, A
(section: 7631) SW119

Required Discussion Sections for Doty's Course (choose one):

F: 12:20pm-1:10pm (section: 14560) TBA
F:1:25pm-2:15pm (section: 14561) TBA

F: 2:30pm-3:20pm (section: 14562) TBA
F: 12:20pm-1:10pm (section: 14563) TBA

F: 1:25pm-2:15pm (section: 14564) TBA
F: 2:30pm-3:20pm (section: 14565) TBA

Honors Discussion: 11:15am-12:05pm - F - Instructor: Doty, A
(section: 14566) TBA

G104: Topics in the Study of Gender (3 credits)
Topic: Crossing Sex & Gender Lines

In this course, we will examine the emergence and popularization of "transgender" and "transsexual" as categories of identity and analysis. Utilizing an historical perspective, we will analyze the consolidation of these terms, first in medical and psychological literature, and then in more popular arenas. As a way of understanding what claiming a transgender or transsexual identity has meant in different times and places, we will read excerpts from several well known and highly theorized transgender/transsexual autobiographies. In order to understand how transgender and transsexual identities are conceived of in contemporary U.S. society, we will turn to pop cultural representations and mass media portrayals.

Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - TR- Instructor: Schusterbauer, E
(section: 14567) BH134

G104: Topics in the Study of Gender (3 credits)
Topic: Sexuality and Orientation

In this course we will survey the current and historical issues concerning the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities.

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this body of work, our readings will draw from the fields of sociology, psychology, history, media studies, and anthropology in addition to queer theory, women's studies, and personal narrative. The primary objective of this course is to provide students with an overview of the social, political, personal and familial factors that contribute to the formation of sexual identity. Additionally, we will discuss representations of the queer community, activist traditions and non-normative sexualities.

Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - TR - Instructor: Basiliere, J
(section: 14568) BH 246

G104: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)(A&H)
Topic: Representing Black Women in Popular Culture

This interdisciplinary course uses feminist theories of intersectionality to study representations of black women in popular media outlets.  It will provide students with a survey of historic and contemporary depictions of “blackness” and “womanhood” in American visual culture.  Through the lens of feminist theory, we will examine race, class, gender, and sexuality and will consider their mutually constitutive relationship to capital and representations of “blackness” and “womanhood.”  Considering the socially constructed nature of identity formation and belonging, we will consider the effects of capitalism, advertising, and modernization projects on black women.  Demonstrating the critical value of black women to notions of progress, this course will use print media as its “point of access” into modernity. Using colonization and imperialism as the starting point, we will critically examine not only hegemonic depictions of black women, but will also study the ways in which black women themselves have historically participated in this globalizing process: the Diapora of black womanhood.

Section 27709   11:15A-12:30P    TR         BH 247                   Thomas-Williams C
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G205: Themes in the Study of Gender (3 credits)
Topic: Gender & Television

This course will trace the evolution of women's roles in sitcoms from Leave it to Beaver through Sex in the City in order to begin to examine the ways in which representations of women have changed. But this course is also concerned with why such representations have changed and what it might say (or not) about gender in American society. By looking at women on television we will begin to examine larger questions about the relationship between representations and reality, such as: Do women's changing roles on TV reflect, influence, and/or distract from the actual roles of women? Should a diversity of representations of women be seen as political progress? In actuality how diverse are these representations? Is there something about the situation comedy genre in particular that makes it more open for women, both as characters and as viewers? How and why do men and women use these shows as resources for politics, fantasy, and survival? Is there a connection between depictions of women on TV and discourses of post-feminism? In an industry still largely controlled by men can and should feminists embrace or utilize TV characters in their activism and daily lives?

Lecture: 9:30am-10:45am - TR - Instructor: Weida, S
(section: 14569) BH236

G205: Themes in the Study of Gender (3 credits)
Topic: Feminist Sex Wars

Arguments about the politics of sexuality began in the first wave of feminism and have not ended yet. Throughout the history of feminism, women (and men) have debated questions of power, passion, violence, representation, consent, agency, diversity, and autonomy associated with sex. In particular, the decade from 1980 to 1990 witnessed a series of bitter political and cultural battles over issues of sexuality that convulsed not only the feminist movement, but also the nation as a whole"”battles over the regulation of pornography, the scope of legal protections for gay people, the funding of allegedly 'obscene' art, the content of safe-sex education, the scope of reproductive freedom for women, the extent of sexual abuse of children, and more.

Lecture: 11:15am-12:30pm - TR - Instructor: Lane, B
(section: 14570) BH236

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: 9:30am-10:45am - TR - Instructor: Freidman, S
(section: 7632) BH244

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: Shaw, J
(section: 7633) BH103

Lecture: 11:15am-12:30pm - TR - Instructor: Williams, K
(section: 7634) LI003

Lecture: 2:30pm-3:45pm - TR- Instructor: Williams, K
(section: 7635) BH103

Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - TR - Instructor: Shaw, J
(section: 13264) BH003

G290: History of Feminist Thought & Practice (3 credits) (A&H)

Introduction to historical and contemporary feminists. Critical focus is placed on criteria by which attributes of identifiable feminist discourses and their contexts may be evaluated. Disputes among feminist theorists with regard to the pertinence of differences ordained by sexuality, race, class, ethnicity, and other political and philosophical adherence emerge as central themes for appraisal.

Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - TR - Instructor: Maher, J
(section: 26342) BH138

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 ofthe 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: Shaw, J
(section: 13265) BH138

G302: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)
Topic: Black Feminist Perspectives

Examination of the history, development, and manifestation of feminist consciousness among African American women. The course is particularly concerned with how black women's lived experience defines that consciousness, and the differing impact is has among various groups of black women, and in their larger social, political, and cultural communities. S&H

Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - MW - Instructor: McCluskey, A
(section: 27001) KH212

G302: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)
Topic: Gender & Sexuality in Germany

Ideas of gender, sexuality and race have deeply shaped the ways in which European societies worked, and saw themselves, throughout modernity. This class begins by tracing how and where these ideas evolved historically: the claims that men and women are essentially different, the use of sexuality as a marker of personal identity and the force of racist distinctions between (implicitly: white) "Germans" and "Blacks," "Aryans" and Jews, or more recently (Christian) Germans and Islamic immigrants. More specifically, we will then look at how these different distinctions have worked together - and sometimes against each other - in the processes of making ("configuring") collective identities.

Lecture: 1:00pm-2:15pm - TR- Instructor: Breger, C
(section: TBA) TBA

G302: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)
Topic: American Sexual Histories

Lecture: 11:15am-12:05pm - TR - Instructor: Allen, J
(section: 13613) SB150

G302: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits)
Topic: Ancient Women

This is a course on the history of human beings. For much of the history of western thought, the study of people has been the study of MAN; this was not an inclusive history. Although it has always been stated that the term MANKIND refers to all people, in practice it never has. Any time women or children were included in a study or a history, they were identified as being included. Studies purporting to investigate humans were all investigations of the lives and doings of men, or at least what people thought pertained to men. The study of MANKIND has also always been the study of heterosexual men; like the lives of women, people of alternative gender identities were considered irrelevant or as deviations from the "norm" with no relation to the history of MANKIND.

Lecture: 9:30am-11:45am - TR - Instructor: Pyburn, A
(section: 11093) TBA

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

Representation & the Body asks questions such as: "Why have the incidences of anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders - especially among women and girls - increased so dramatically in recent decades?" and "How do competitive sports affect men's images of their bodies?" This course examines a range of bodily practices and cultural codes that mark the body and considers why sex-differentiated body rituals have become so salient in recent times. The course concentrates on the creation and institutionalization of sexual difference through representations of the body and also examines attempts to challenge these representations. Topics addressed include: chronic dieting; sports and fitness; racially and culturally specific body alterations; cross-dressing and transexualism; the commodification of reproduction; and "alternative" sexualities. Scholarly arguments representing the body as a site of social control and political struggle receive critical examination.

Lecture: 2:30pm-3:45pm- TR- Instructor: Weber, B
(section: 7636) BH245

G335: Explaining Sex/Gender Differences (3 credits) (S&H)

Compares biological, psychological, and social theories regarding the development and maintenance of gender differentiated behavior, gender and sexual identities, and the meaning of sexed bodies. The course scrutinizes the social and cultural forces that magnify, minimize, or subvert the expression of gender differences.

Lecture: 11:15am-12:30pm- TR- Instructor: Sanders, S
(section: 26343) TBA

G350: Queer Theory (3 credits) (A&H)

Examines queer theory, particularly in relation to other intellectual/political movements (post-structuralism, critical race studies, feminism, gay and lesbian studies) which it both borrowed from and challenged. Focus on the ways in which queer theory articulates a radical transformation of the sex/gender system in opposition to normalizing and essentializing impulses.

Lecture: 2:30pm-3:45pm- TR- Instructor: Bailey, M
(section: 26344) BH345

G402: Topics in Gender Studies (3 credits) (S&H)
Topic: Gender, Race & Science

Long fascinated with differences between human beings, scientists have had a crucial role in the construction of race, gender, and sexuality. Scientists have continually driven or challenged cultural understandings of these categories, but scientific inquiry has similarly been shaped by the scientists' existing ideas about human difference, capacities, and power. Moreover, scientists have never worked in isolation or without contestation. The individuals or groups under scrutiny have by turns internalized or actively challenged scientific categorization, resisted medical control, or demanded treatment. In other words, scientific inquiry"”and its reception in the wider society"”is a product of its specific historical and cultural context. For that reason, while focusing somewhat on the United States, this course is transnational and trans-historical in scope, prioritizing comparison and selective case studies over comprehensive study of a specific time or place. Through assigned readings, class discussions, and written work, students will explore how conceptions of race and gender both construct and are constructed by science and medicine. We will interrogate how and why scientific knowledge is produced, and examine the dynamic relationship between science and its (raced and gendered) subjects.

Lecture: 2:30pm-3:45pm - TR - Instructor: Stein, M
(section: 11724) BH208

G402: Seminar in Gender Studies (3 credits) (S&H)
Topic: The Cinema of African Women

Historical and critical overview of films produced by African American women from the 1940s to the present. The course emphasizes how black women filmmakers combine their creative abilities with a desire to capture dominant issues that affect black women's lives in America.

Lecture: 5:30pm-7:30pm - MW - Instructor: McCluskey
(section: 27000) BH103

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: 7637) 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: 7638) Arr.

G498: Critical Issues in Gender Studies (3 credits)
Topic: Gender & World Politics

This course will explore from a transnational feminist cultural studies perspective the ways in which assumptions about and fears of gender, race, and sexual orientation are exploited and manipulated by a variety of constituencies to create and sustain nationalist narratives and foreign policy agendas in the age of the "war on terror." We will also consider the ways in which feminist activists around the world have responded to the use of gendered bodies in nationalist projects.

Lecture: 4:00pm-6:30pm - W - Instructor: Williams, K
(section: 13267) BH 137

G498/701: Critical Issues in Gender Studies (3 credits)
Topic: Gender & Graphic Novels

Graphic novels have recently emerged as an increasingly visible and respected art form. Graphic novels are distinguished by the combination and intercalation of both visual and verbal languages along with a length and sophistication that take them beyond the traditional reputation of comics.

This course will examine graphic novels by both male and female authors/artists and will deal with topics that include the male body and the female body, sexuality, aids and the medicalized body, and gender and marginality.

Since this course will include all new material, it can be taken for credit by students who have taken my earlier courses on Gender and Comic Strips.

Lecture: 8:45am-10:45am - T - Instructor: Malti-Douglas, F
(section: 15361) MME 131

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: 12474) Arr.