GWS521 FEMINIST DISCOURSES A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE NON-WEST (INDIA)
| Course Code: |
8100521 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(0-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Gender&women Studies |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
The course interrogates feminist theories and vocabularies from the perspectives of the non-West, often illustrated by the Indian experience. It builds upon understandings of colonialism, the nationalist imaginery and feminist critiques of development paradigms. Along with the discussion of rights based discourses and those on the Uniform Civil Code, as well as challenges to Middle Class Womens Movements that have emerged from below, the course interrogates concepts such as agency, feminist perspectives on globalization and Islamic Feminism.
