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SOAN0304A-F11

Women, Culture and Power

Women, Culture, and Power in Comparative Perspective
This study of women cross-culturally raises a number of difficult and delicate issues. Do women constitute a legitimate category of analysis? What explains the diversity of women's roles across societies? How do we assess women's status and power? What forces create changes in women's roles? This course attempts to answer these questions and to compare and contrast women's roles in a variety of societies. Analysis will concentrate on three primary domains: family and kinship; symbolic systems; and political economy. Course readings deal primarily with non-Western societies, but not exclusively so. Limited places available for students to satisfy the College writing requirement. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
91707
Subject Code:
SOAN
Course Number:
0304
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SOAN 0304

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Fall 2011

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