GNDR 375 Intersectionality
This course examines the concept of Intersectionality (the simultaneous effects of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality and other social and descriptive categories on identity formation and experience), including an evaluative overview of the concept; feminist roots and derivations of the idea; criticism of the concept from a variety of standpoints; and practical and ethical dimensions and applications of the concept in scholarship. This course has a significant focus on race and racism.
Prerequisites
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective January 10, 2016 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Describe and summarize the concept of intersectionality, including the history of the concept, its connection to woman of color feminism, and the concept's initial focus on race, racism, and feminism
- Explain and evaluate the concept as a theoretical and analytic tool of interpretation to better understand race, racism, gender, sexism, sexuality, homophobia and heteronormativity
- Compare and contrast various intersectional strategies, interpretations, and theoretical analyses to illuminate cardinal identity categories (such as race and gender) and their meeting places in social phenomena (such as racism and sexism) and varied identity formations
- Analyze and appraise the effects of the concept on Gender Studies approaches and methods, including the robust inclusion of analyses of race and racism on Gender Studies methodology and interpretation
- Interpret and apply the concept of intersectionality in relation to varied focal points of race, gender, and sexual social and cultural politics
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
- Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
- Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
- Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.