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WSCXP159M: Transnational Feminism
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01/05/10 - 03/09/10 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Tuesdays
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Shelley Grabe
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Location: | Conference Room, Floor 11, Room 1104
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WSCXP159M.pdf
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This course will review and discuss a broad and growing area of scholarship that takes into account global debates surrounding women’s role in development and how access to resources (e.g., land, water, food, money) impacts the structures that perpetuate gender inequalities. We will use a transnational gendered lens to evaluate the impacts of globalization on women’s well-being and discuss ways in which alternative development processes can alter structural inequities in a way that transforms the conditions in which women can exercise agency and, in turn, be empowered to confront aspects of their subordination. Discussions of women’s “empowerment” in this context have proliferated since the 1970’s; however, the absence of Psychologists from this area of study has greatly hampered our understanding of the psychological processes involved in women’s empowerment. This class will examine development and access to resources as linked to broader cultural ideologies that can transform gender relations and women’s empowerment and thereby lead to social transformations that enhance women’s well-being. The framework and findings examined in this course have large implications for policies aimed at improving women’s well-being and addressing entrenched inequalities and power imbalances.
The course will start with discussing the significance of feminist debates surrounding Western concepts of "international or global feminism" and critique Western feminist leadership and scholarship that promotes universal sisterhood and the construction of a "Third World” woman. We will discuss women’s well-being in the context of opposition to global economic policies and examine how policy at the national and international levels addresses violations of women’s rights in different geographic and cultural contexts. In doing this, we will apply a gender lens to the analysis of development processes and examine ways in which the agendas of various actors in the process impact women’s psychological well-being.
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