Czech Republic

Students analyze how gender, ethnicity, race, class, and sexual orientation are shaped by cultural and societal influences. The focus is on the comparisons of European and U.S. gender regimes and diversity differences, interpretation and evaluation of social actions by religious, gender, ethnic, racial, class, sexual orientation groups affecting equality and social justice in Europe and the U.S. Discussions within this framework include Communist concepts of gender equality, post-socialist transformation, and globalization as well as of current cultural gender representations, beauty myths, and advertising. Documentaries, other visual materials, field trips, and a guest speaker lecture are a part of this course.