Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (FGSS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

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FGSS 1111
FWS: Intersectionality: Feminst Ethnography Through New Media

This course uses 'intersectionality' as a lens for the study and production of media and ethnographic writing. We will read popular and academic texts on intersectionality—from its foundations in black ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17607 FGSS 1111   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

FGSS 1112
FWS: Shoulda Put a Ring on It? Feminists, Queers, and Marriage

What kind of institution is marriage in contemporary American society? What relationships does it describe and between what kinds of people? In this writing course students explore the meaning(s) of marriage ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17672 FGSS 1112   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

FGSS 1940
A Global History of Love

By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and expressed from the pre-modern period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 1193, HIST 1930, LGBT 1940

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9582 FGSS 1940   LEC 001

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FGSS 2010
Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on understanding the impact of gender and sexuality on the world around us and on the power hierarchies that structure ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6226 FGSS 2010   LEC 001

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FGSS 2090
The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692. Even though many books have been written about this endlessly fascinating episode in American history, numerous aspects of it remain unexplored. After reading some ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2090, HIST 2090

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16569 FGSS 2090   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 2421
Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

An introduction to the anthropology of sex, sexuality and gender, this course uses case studies from around the world to explore how the worlds of the sexes become gendered.  In ethnographic, ethnohistorical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2421, LGBT 2421

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6415 FGSS 2421   LEC 001

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  •  6416 FGSS 2421   DIS 201

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  •  6417 FGSS 2421   DIS 202

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FGSS 2516
Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Modern Middle East

This course introduces students to basic themes and topics in the history of women and gender in Middle Eastern societies by exploring the forces of social change that influenced the lives of women (and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2516

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9767 FGSS 2516   LEC 001

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FGSS 2577
American Jewish Women and the Body of Tradition

Since the 1970s, Jewish women have remade American Judaism by putting their bodies front and center. In the face of a largely male rabbinic elite, they have created new models of ritual, communal leadership, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17343 FGSS 2577   SEM 101

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FGSS 3000
Feminist Theory

This course will work across and between the disciplines to consider what it might mean to think 'as a feminist' about many things including, but not limited to 'gender', 'women' and 'sexuality'. We will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9754 FGSS 3000   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: FGSS 2010: Intro to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

FGSS 3230
Gender and Global Change

This course examines men's and women's lives and the impacts on them of incorporation into global economic and political systems. It asks how inequalities within and across gender categories are created ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 3230

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8886 FGSS 3230   LEC 001

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FGSS 3331
Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinema

Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16045 FGSS 3331   LEC 001

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FGSS 3350
Beyoncé Nation

Beyoncé's trajectory from Houston, Texas as a member of the group Destiny's Child to international fame and superstardom and a successful career as a solo singer, actress, clothing designer and entrepreneur ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3355, ASRC 3350, ENGL 3950

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17202 FGSS 3350   SEM 101

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FGSS 3580
Theorizing Gender and Race in Asian Histories and Literatures

For a long time area studies have overlooked the over-determined links of gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in fields related to East Asia and the trans-Pacific regions. Little attention has been ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16059 FGSS 3580   LEC 001

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FGSS 3681
Telling to Live: Critical Examinations of Testimonio

Testimonio is a type of writing known in Latin America and integral to U.S. Latina and Chicana traditions. The testimonio usually tells a story in a collective mode, or offers an individual's story as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16739 FGSS 3681   SEM 101

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FGSS 3747
Staging Faith: Contemporary Theatre and Lived Religions

Religious beliefs, practices, and conflicts shape our world and influence global politics.  Yet mediatized depictions of religion can be reductive and polarizing.  Moreover, these depictions may be different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16238 FGSS 3747   SEM 101

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FGSS 3754
Spoken Word, Hip-Hop Theater, and the Politics of the Performance

In this course, we will critically examine the production and performance of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender through literature and contemporary performance genres such as spoken word, slam poetry, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  9138 FGSS 3754   LEC 001

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FGSS 3990
Undergraduate Independent Study

Individual study program intended for juniors and seniors working on special topics with selected reading or research projects not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6227 FGSS 3990   IND 601

    • TBA

    • McCullough, K

      Ramberg, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 4127
The Body Politic in Asia

Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution.  This seminar explores the links between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16663 FGSS 4127   SEM 101

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FGSS 4153
Topics in Feminist Media Arts

Feminist media arts continuously proliferate. These rich and varied practices include video, net art, networked performance, video games, remix, installation, biotech art, artificial life and robotics. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts

  • 16477 FGSS 4153   SEM 101

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FGSS 4212
Black Women's Autobiography in the 21st Century #WritingHerStory

Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during the antebellum era slavery.  They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4212, ASRC 4212, ENGL 4912

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17208 FGSS 4212   SEM 101

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  • In Fall 2017 this course will run as The Rabinor Seminar in American Studies.

FGSS 4333
The Velvet Underground Archive

The Velvet Underground remains one of the most acclaimed and influential rock groups to emerge within the culturally turbulent era of the late 1960s. From their association with Andy Warhol beginning in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16174 FGSS 4333   SEM 101

  • Please contact Professor Judith Peraino (jap28@cornell.edu) for permission to enroll.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 4458
Women, Girls and Gender in Education

This seminar explores and compares the educational and schooling experiences of young women and girls through an array of ethnographic studies conducted in different regions of the world. Drawing on the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16328 FGSS 4458   SEM 101

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FGSS 4460
Women in the Economy

Examines the changing economic roles of women and men in the labor market and in the family. Topics include a historical overview of changing gender roles, the determinants of the gender division of labor ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3440, ILRLE 4450

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  8574 FGSS 4460   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 4491
Feminism and Philosophy

Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4490, PHIL 6490

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16959 FGSS 4491   SEM 101

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FGSS 4990
Senior Honors Thesis I

To graduate with honors, FGSS majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an FGSS faculty member and defend that thesis orally before an honors committee. To be eligible for honors, students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6413 FGSS 4990   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8882 FGSS 4990   IND 602

    • TBA

    • McCullough, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  9224 FGSS 4990   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Ramberg, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 6153
Topics in Feminist Media Arts

Feminist media arts continuously proliferate. These rich and varied practices include video, net art, networked performance, video games, remix, installation, biotech art, artificial life and robotics. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts

  • 16475 FGSS 6153   SEM 101

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FGSS 6171
Gender/Genre

In this seminar, we will examine the relationship between gender and the modern novel-a genre dominated almost exclusively by male authors and their obsession with troubled female protagonists. Coupling ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SPAN 6170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18873 FGSS 6171   SEM 101

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FGSS 6331
Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinema

Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16050 FGSS 6331   LEC 001

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FGSS 6333
The Velvet Underground Archive

The Velvet Underground remains one of the most acclaimed and influential rock groups to emerge within the culturally turbulent era of the late 1960s. From their association with Andy Warhol beginning in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16186 FGSS 6333   SEM 101

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FGSS 6580
Theorizing Gender and Race in Asian Histories and Literatures

For a long time area studies have overlooked the over-determined links of gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in fields related to East Asia and the trans-Pacific regions. Little attention has been ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16062 FGSS 6580   LEC 001

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FGSS 6651
Race, Gender, and Crossing Water: Narratives of Mobility and Escape in the Nineteenth Century U.S.

This course explores movement through and across water in both actual and metaphorical terms. Readings include such classics as Beloved, Moby-Dick, and Huckleberry Finn. They also include lesser read accounts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6650, ARTH 6650, ENGL 6650

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17518 FGSS 6651   SEM 101

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FGSS 6990
Topics in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Independent reading course for graduate students on topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students develop a course of readings in consultation with a faculty member in the field of Feminist, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7025 FGSS 6990   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 7458
Women, Girls and Gender in Education

This seminar explores and compares the educational and schooling experiences of young women and girls through an array of ethnographic studies conducted in different regions of the world. Drawing on the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16326 FGSS 7458   SEM 101

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