WGST 404: Women and Culture

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Examines women's lives in evolutionary and cross-cultural perspective; women's roles in subsistence, politics, religion and economics in traditional cultures; women's roles in international development; the cultural and social construction of women's biology cross-culturally including circumcision, menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood.Prerequisite:Junior or senior classification; approval of instructor.Cross Listing:ANTH 404/WGST 404.