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| 0687-4458-01 | Gender Studies ? Between India and the West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 4.0
Course description
Gender Studies – Between India and the West
Gender studies formulated in the West have acquired multicultural clout because of the patriarchal structure of most societies. This graduate seminar seeks to think and rethink the universality of gender theories and key concepts and refine this discourse by examining Indian notions of gender as expressed in various constructs, products and texts composed under Colonial rule, in nation-building eras, in the first decades of independence and in response to the recent challenges of globalization and the rise of civil society.
Gender studies formulated in the West have acquired multicultural clout because of the patriarchal structure of most societies. This graduate seminar seeks to think and rethink the universality of gender theories and key concepts and refine this discourse by examining Indian notions of gender as expressed in various constructs, products and texts composed under Colonial rule, in nation-building eras, in the first decades of independence and in response to the recent challenges of globalization and the rise of civil society.