CHICANO M144
Women's Movement in Latin America
Description: (Same as Gender Studies M144 and Labor Studies M144.) Lecture, four hours. Course on women's movements and feminism in Latin America and Caribbean to examine diverse social movements and locations from which women have launched political and gender struggles. Discussion of forms of feminism and women's consciousness that have emerged out of indigenous rights movements, environmental struggles, labor movements, Christian-based communities, peasant and rural organizing, and new social movements that are concerned with race, sexuality, feminism, and human rights. Through comparative study of women's movements in diversity of political systems as well as national and transnational arenas, students gain understanding of historical contexts and political conditions that give rise to women's resistance, as well as major debates in field of study. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2023 - unfortunately, all these other reviews are still true about this professor. she's still unclear, rude and condescending towards students. she refused to post the slides, claiming that plenty of other professors do the same, making this class inaccessible to lots of students. the only good thing that came out of this class was that she was open to someone's suggestion about doing 'self grading' for the course, so that took a lot of pressure off of everyone. i'm sure everyone got As
Fall 2023 - unfortunately, all these other reviews are still true about this professor. she's still unclear, rude and condescending towards students. she refused to post the slides, claiming that plenty of other professors do the same, making this class inaccessible to lots of students. the only good thing that came out of this class was that she was open to someone's suggestion about doing 'self grading' for the course, so that took a lot of pressure off of everyone. i'm sure everyone got As
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