WMST 105: Women, Race, and Violence: Intersectionalist and Transnational Perspectives

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 8 hours per quarter; extra read- ing, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour

Catalog page 443

Prerequisites: upper- division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Introduces the the- ories of violence against women through intersectionalist feminist perspectives. Involves the analysis of violence simultaneously marked by race, ethnicity, nation, class, and sexual orientation. Compares cross-cultural and transnation- al perspectives. Fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.