GOVT 6626 - [Feminist Theory/Law & Society]

(crosslisted) AMST 6626

Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.

Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with AMST 4635/GOVT 4635.

A. M. Smith.

A seminar in feminist social and political theory. We will explore, using a “problem-driven” approach, a wide range of topics, such as the mobilization of feminist movements and grassroots organizing among women of color; the condition of poor single mothers and their experiences with poverty programs; reproductive technology, race, and disability; the confrontation between transgendered people and the law; women and incarceration; immigration law and the family; and transnational feminist protest against militarism, corporate exploitation of low income women workers, and human rights violations. By interrogating these cutting edge problems, we will gain a more sophisticated understanding of the complex interplay between legal, social, and political forces from a feminist perspective.