Course Catalog - 2007-2008

     

SWGS 351 - COMING OF AGE

Long Title: COMING OF AGE IN THE TRANSNATIONAL WORLD
Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: In this class, we study coming-of-age narratives conveyed in novels, films, testimonies and ethnographies. We understand the transnational as including the west, the postcolonial and the postsocialist space, as the movements of people, culture, and capital between these spaces. Assignments include presentation, a written coming-of-age narrative, and a critical paper.