Articles related to "Gender Studies"

Gender Studies, or Women's Studies, is a 30-year-old academic field designed to teach students to view their academic work through gender.

Lucrezia di Francesco Tornabuoni de Medici (1427 - 1482) was born, married and patroness to her home of Florence, Italy, during the early Renaissance (ca. 1450 - 1600).

"Prince of Annwn" offers an example of how gender roles can become performative choices. "Man" and "woman" are determined by how gender is performed.

The novel "Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes (1936) is complex, dense, and stunningly beautiful, yet popular interpretations seem apologetic.

Comics have never had the best track record of dealing comfortably with the fairer sex.

"Women In Refrigerators" is a fan community colloquialism, credited to (then future) comic book writer Gail Simone in 1999.

A Master's degree in Facebook, or "Social Media", at the University of Salford, is the latest in a long line of degree courses that are arguably meaningless.

It is standard practice to look at combined oppression: Race and sex. However, the historical and conceptual connection of race and sex are closer than previosly thought.

A graduate degree in public administration builds transferable skills in organizational governance, financial, human resources, program development and policy analysis.

Teaching students to develop a specific topic or thesis rather than assigning broad themes stimulates individual creativity and engages all students by offering choices.

If you're looking for an intimate campus with rigorous academics, close contact with professors and incredible foreign-study opportunities, consider Dartmouth College.

Feminists, political, and activist' writers present their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model approach to an overhaul today.

After enjoying a big win at Canada's Gemini Awards Ceremony in November, "Girl Inside" gets a 2009 DVD release from Women Make Movies.

When a sickly British spinster decided to travel into the wilds of Colorado, she had no idea that notorious desperado "Mountain Jim" would fall in love with her.

Fierce, single-breasted warriors and expert horse riders, known to kill their male offspring, Amazons are central to Greek mythology but their origin is still debated.

The women's rights' movement is often misunderstood as an angry protest towards men and the family. It is time to go back to the most basic principal of what feminism is.

Reality TV may be insipid, but it says quite about about the human condition. Here are some suggestions for incorporating reality TV shows into the college classroom.