Gender, Sexuality, and Society | Anthropology | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Prof. Heather Paxson

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Spring 2006

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Undergraduate

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Heather Paxson

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Spring 2006

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Undergraduate

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Annick Prieur’s Mema’s House

de-essentializing sex/gender/kinship; querying motherhood

do western sexual identities travel?

follow-up thoughts from last time

gender acquisition

gender and status in agrarian societies

GENDER, SEXUALITY & SOCIETY

Glenn’s critique (end of article) of “comparable worth” – equal pay for equal work

history of modern sexual identities

intersex

Is sex to gender as nature to culture?

lesbian experience in the United States

Making Modern Mothers: Ethics and Family Planning in Urban Greece

marginal comments on papers:

sexual violence

social reproduction

The Woman Question

Transgender and Transexualism in the U.S.

visualizing the fetus

what if we add Kandiyoti’s “patriarchal bargain” into discussion

class # 21: gender and citizenship

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Heather Paxson

Departments

As Taught In

Spring 2006

Level

Undergraduate

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Heather Paxson

Departments

As Taught In

Spring 2006

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Topics

Social Sciences

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Notes

Written Assignments

Download Course

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