Women's Studies

Women's Studies Program
Conklin Hall, Room 419
Phone:  973/353-1026
http://womenstudies.newark.rutgers.edu
wmst@andromeda.rutgers.edu

POLITICS OF SEXUALITY (3 cr.)
62:988:325:W6:99079
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 5:00-9:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
LUSIAK/OKU           CONKLIN 348         

Examines debates surrounding sex and sexuality in recent decades, while offering an historical perspective regarding other times and places.  Addresses such realms as the family, state, church, school, and the law.

Required Text:
Course Packet:  WMST 325
Can be purchased at Affordable Copies, 49 Halsey St. (between Bleeker St. and New St.) 973/802-1007.  Please purchase before class on Wednesday, 1/2.

First-Day Assignment:
•Introductions
•Overview of Class/Key Terms
•"The Social Construction of Gender" from Thinking about Women*
•"A New Politics of Sexuality" by June Jordan*

*Reading will be handed out in class; no prior preparation necessary.