Checking date: 11/03/2024


Course: 2024/2025

Feminisms
(18384)
Bachelor in Cultural Studies (Plan: 435 - Estudio: 364)


Coordinating teacher: FUSCO , VIRGINIA

Department assigned to the subject: Humanities: Philosophy, Language, Literature Theory Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
This is a basic subject, but it requires familiarity with the philosophy subjects studied in this Bachelor.
Objectives
The primary objective of a course on Feminism(s) must be to familiarize students sufficiently, and sufficiently analytically, with the developments of feminist theories, and of the forms of activism that sustain them in the last two centuries. It is essential, therefore, to know the reasons for the feminist response and its various modulations, covering not only the standard modalities of feminism but also the different developments of LGTBI studies, queer etc.
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
A syllabus for this subject should include the following topics: 1) A general introduction, going through the recognizable types of feminism, post-feminism, hegemonic feminisms, mainstream feminism. 2) A revision of the genealogies of exclusion. 3) An analysis of notions as the dichotomies private/public, equality/difference. 4) A revision of the conceptions of sex and genders, as key notions for the opposition nature/discourse. 5) A revision of the queer status, as a deconstruction of binaries. 6) A reflection about the concept of intersectionality and de off-center feminisms, in the context of post-colonial or de-colonial views
Learning activities and methodology
AF1. THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CLASSES. They will present the knowledge that students must acquire. They will receive the class notes and will have basic reference texts to facilitate the follow-up of the classes and the development of the subsequent work. Exercises, practical problems will be solved by the student and workshops and evaluation tests will be carried out to acquire the necessary skills. For subjects of 6 ECTS, 48 hours will be dedicated as a general rule with 100% attendance. AF2. TUTORING. Individual assistance (individual tutorials) or group (collective tutorials) to students by the teacher. For subjects of 6 credits, 4 hours will be dedicated with 100% attendance. AF3. INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP WORK OF THE STUDENT. For subjects of 6 credits, 98 hours will be dedicated 0% face-to-face. MD1. THEORY CLASS. Presentations in the teacher's class with the support of computer and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and the materials and bibliography are provided to complement student learning. MD2. PRACTICES. Resolution of practical cases, problems, etc. raised by the teacher individually or in groups. MD3. TUTORING. Individual assistance (individual tutorials) or group (collective tutorials) to students by the teacher. For subjects of 6 credits, 4 hours will be dedicated with 100% attendance.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40




Extraordinary call: regulations

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.