GWSS 490 B: Special Topics in Women Studies

REVOLUTIONARY GENDERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: EXAMINES VARYING CONFIGURATIONS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT DISTURB RACE AND CLASS HIERARCHIES, POLICING AND STATE-BUILDING, AND MODERN CITIZENSHIP. COURSE MATERIALS CHALLENGE DOMINANT DEPICTIONS OF GENDER IN THE REGION THAT CAST WOMEN AND NON-NORMATIVE BODIES AS VICTIMS OF ISLAM, DEMONSTRATING THE SUBSTANTIAL ROLE OF THESE SOCIAL ACTORS IN MAKING AN SUSTAINING RADICAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES, SUCH AS THE ARAB SPRING. AREAS OF INQUIRY INCLUDE NATIONALISM, COLONIALISM, INTIMACY, REPRODUCTION, MIGRATION, MILITANCY, RESISTANCE, AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURE.