AFRS BC 3001x Politics of Gender in Contemporary South Africa
This module is designed to offer mid-senior level students with an interest in African Studies an intensive engagement with the politics of gender and sexualities in specific African contexts of the c21. Although the module will include discussion of aspects of the sexual and gendered operations of colonial praxis, the concentration will be on the ways in which post-flag democracy cultures have taken up the question of gender and sexualities. We will explore debates on the representation and realities of lesbian and transgendered experiences, the meaning of race-based identity-politics within "new" democracies, the narratives of "the body" as they emerge through medical and religious discourses on "women," and discourses of "e-masculinization" and militarism. Note that this course will only run from September 16 through September 30th. -
This course is taught by Professor Jane Bennett who is the Director of the African Gender Insitute and the University of Cape Town, and Chair of the School of African Studies, Linguistics, Anthropology and Women's Studies.
1.5 points This course will only take place from September 23rd through October 9th.
Meeting Times: 4:10 to 6:00PM
Wed 16 September , Fri 18 September; Wed 24 September, Fri 26 September, Wed 28 September and Friday 30 September.