WMST 188: Gender and Performance

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 431

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Focuses on theoretical debates that construct and inform relations between the concepts of gender and performance. Considers the ways gendered bodies have been represented in performance. A broad definition of performance is applicable, and texts cover photographs, films, dance, performance art, drama, and current events. Fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.