Section: Module Description | POL361 - Gender and Politics - 2023/24

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Core Module Info

Core Information

Semester: B

Teaching

Module Convenor

Alaya Forte

a.forte@qmul.ac.uk

Teaching Team

Farah Khanum Hussain

f.k.hussain@qmul.ac.uk

Location: ArtsOne

Office Hours: Tuesdays 16.00- 17.00

Schedule

Module timetable

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Section outline

Welcome to POL361: Gender and Politics. This course looks at the theory and practice of gender and politics. It considers the development of feminist theory through the gender/sex distinction, intersectionality theory, the politics of sex, power, production and reproduction under capitalism, theories of representation in politics and political violence. The course pays particular attention to the intersections of gender, sexuality and race by exploring how these play out in contemporary politics and through a case study (Afghanistan). Students will be exposed to scholarship from a range of disciplinary subjects and build an appreciation of how these debates inform the way we think about political subjectivity and political activism.