GWSS 390 B: Intermediate Topics in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

"SOCIAL REPRODUCTION" THIS COURSE WILL LOOK AT THE LITERATURE ON SOCIAL REPRODUCTION THEORY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL STRUGGLES OVER THE 'CRISES OF CARE' AND DEEPENING INEQUALITIES IN THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS. WE WILL READ MAJOR WORKS OF FEMINIST SOCIAL REPRODUCTION THEORIES, PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE CRITICAL CONCEPTS LIKE "LIFE'S WORK," "LIFE-TIME," AND "LIFE- STORY." DEVELOPING A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT NEOLIBERAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND SLOW DEATH THAT ARE SUSTAINED BY INTERSECTING SYSTEMS OF POWER AND CHANGING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GLOBAL NORTH AND SOUTH, AND WE WILL COLLECTIVELY EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF RADICAL RESISTANCE AGAINST THE NEOLIBERAL WAYS OF LIFE.