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WN 2011
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
REEES 490 - Women and Islam: A Sociological Perspective
Section 001

Credits:

Repeatability:

May not be repeated for credit.

Cross-Listed Classes:

SOC 490 - Women and Islam, Section 001

WOMENSTD 492 - Women and Islam, Section 001

Primary Instructor:

Gocek,Fatma Muge

(real time availability for all sections)

This course explores the theoretical and methodological issues involved in studying women. The course starts with an introduction to the existing paradigms on women's position in sociology, women's studies, and Near Eastern Studies. After a lecture on the position of women in Islamic history, it proceeds to study women in contemporary contexts such as in Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, North Africa, Central Asia and the Balkans, and contemporary U.S. society.

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