Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

WGST 403 - WOMEN'S STORIES & LEGAL CHANGE

Long Title: WOMEN'S STORIES AND LEGAL CHANGE
Department: *Women and Gender Studies*
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This course will consider how narratives move us toward individual responsibility and social action. We will examine this question with reference to feminist legal theory as well as some philosophical works on the powers of story-telling. Narratives we will read include published literary fiction by women authors, but also selected legal cases.