History 209 - COLQ:ASPECTS MIDDLE EAST HIST

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Nadya Sbaiti
TTh 10:30-11:50
Smith College
40469-S14
SEELYE 107
nsbaiti@smith.edu
Topics course. Development of discourses on gender as well as lived experiences of women from the rise of Islam to the present. Topics include the politics of marriage, divorce, and reproduction; women?s political and economic participation; masculinity; sexuality; impact of Islamist movements. Provides introduction to main themes, and nuanced historical understanding of approaches to the study of gender in the region.
Topic: Women and Gender in the Middle East.
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