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College Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ART 252 - Gender, Sexualities, and Feminist Visual Culture

Cross-Listed as WGSS 252  
This course examines the ways in which gender and sexuality are understood in modern visual culture. It also covers a wide range of feminist approaches in the 20th and 21st century art and as they have been articulated in theory. Students explore social constructions of gender and sexualities, their visible and invisible representation, and discuss the impact of feminism and the changing role of women in society. The course will also cover some of the most recent global feminist trends and new directions in the feminist theory. Feminist work from Africa, India, Asia and Eastern and Central Europe and various marginalized cultural centers in Western Europe and the United States will be addressed. Offered every two years. (4 Credits)