| REL 343. Women, Violence and
Resistance This course will take a serious look at a wide variety of forms of violence against women. Topics include domestic violence, prostitution, gang rape, economic violence, military violence, cultural violence, ecological violence, and incest. We will examine a variety of disciplinary approaches to the study of violence against women including psychology, anthropology, and sociology and we will focus on a variety of responses and resistance to violence including public policy, criminal justice, counseling, and faith communities. Particular attention will be paid to religious justifications for violence against women; and the role that faith communities have played in both condoning and resisting violence. An important aspect of the course will be exploring women¹s resistance to violence and public policy measures intended to address violence against women. One of the primary intellectual challenges of this course is for students to develop an understanding that violence is often culturally constructed, condoned, and sometimes even supported. A good portion of our efforts in the class will be placed on untangling the ways in which race, class, and gender work together to perpetrate violence against women around the world. Instructor: Peters Semester: Credits: 4 semester hours |
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