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Gender and the City

Gender and the City

GPHY 352
300-Level Courses
3 Units
In-person
3

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Course Description

Gender in relationship to the spatial organization of contemporary cities. Emphasis on the diversity of gendered experiences as they relate to the urban: housing, violence, social movements, work, and gender symbols.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain why privilege and power are relevant to understanding how the city is a sexualized and gendered space.
  2. Write and think critically about how gender, sexuality, and other markers of identity shape, and are shaped by, urban experiences.
  3. Articulate and analyze the various ways the city can be an alienating and dangerous space.
  4. Explain why the analysis must be grounded in an understanding of the politics of fear, sex, and gender.
  5. Identify and analyze examples of urban entrepreneurialism and its interconnectedness to globalization, gender, and sexuality.
  6. Explain, assess, and articulate a position on various perspectives on gender, sexuality, and the city.