Units: 5
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours
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Description: Examines gender and disability from a feminist perspective. Explores how gender and disability shape all aspects of social life: institutions, identities, bodies, discourses. Introduces feminist and queer theories of disability. Critically engages with societal responses to disability such as eugenics, exclusion, and institutionalization. Considers possibilities for feminist disability justice.
Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following GSST 013S or GSST 013.