Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

WGST 380 - CULT, SECURITY, & HUMAN RIGHTS

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Department: *Women and Gender Studies*
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: CULTURE, SECURITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ***** Course addresses theories of risk society and their relationship to concepts of culture, gender, security, and human rights-based social movements. It addresses contemporary reorganizations of domestic, cultural, and geopolitical space and also examines the increasingly intense discussions surrounding 'cultures' of fear, risk, safety, civility, governance, biopolitics, and rights. ***** Also offered as ANTH 380, HIST 380. ***** Course offered Spring. ***** Instructor(s): Chivens.