Course title
ジェンダー論   [Gender Studies]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01SS0204
Instructor(s)
中村 江里   [NAKAMURA Eri]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
Gender studies is a research field that inquires about the arrangement of gender deeply related to our lives and society. The purpose of this course is to learn how gender concerns various issues such as family, body, work, politics, history and war.
Expected Learning
1. To understand the concept of gender and think about various social phenomena from a gender perspective.
2. To reconsider “common sense” about gender carefully and relate them to cultural differences and historical change.
Course schedule
1. Introduction: What is gender?
2. The history of feminism, gender & sexuality studies
3. Family and gender (1) Norms about love and marriage
4. Family and gender (2) Dating violence
5. Education and gender (1) Hidden curriculum and gender inequality in education
6. Education and gender (2) Gender & sexuality diversity on our campus
7. Work and gender (1) Paid work and sexual discrimination
8. Work and gender (1) Unpaid work and care work
9. Body and gender (1) Sexual and reproductive rights
10. Body and gender (2) Sexuality and gender
11. Violence and gender (1) Sexual violence in everyday life
12. Violence and gender (2) War and sexual violence
13. State and gender (1) Politics and gender
14. State and gender (2) The Constitution of Japan and gender
15. Final examination
Prerequisites
Undergraduate students of third grade and over / for beginners and advanced learners
Required Text(s) and Materials
Nothing in particular
References
Senda, Yuki, Yuko Nakanishi and Kaoru Aoyama. Gender-ron wo Tsukamu (The Essentials of Gender Studies). Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2013.
Kimura, Ryoko, Kumiko Ida, Kimie Kumayasu eds. Yoku Wakaru Gender Studies (A Guide to Gender Studies). Tokyo: Minerva Shobo, 2013.
Assessment/Grading
Class attendance / reaction paper (20%), Interim Report (20%), Final Examination (60%)
Message from instructor(s)
Sometimes we feel it difficult to live our lives freely when we were restricted by gender stereotypes. Your discomfort in everyday life may have a connection with worry of someone else or social problems. Let’s think about the issues which become visible by questioning what you recognize “ordinary” in terms of gender.
Course keywords
gender, sexuality, feminism, queer, LGBT, sexual minority
Office hours
Before and after the class
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Last update
10/2/2018 3:10:31 PM