FRENCH 729

Gender and Culture: Perspectives from the French-speaking World

Please note: this is archived course information from 2020 for FRENCH 729.

Description

A comparative study of the relation between gender and culture in selected sources: films, novels, personal and theoretical writings from France, North Africa, the Caribbean, Africa, the French-speaking Pacific and Quebec.

The course will focus particularly on the relationship between language and identity and will draw on key concepts from postcolonial theory and French poststructuralist thinkers

Availability 2020

Not taught in 2020

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

FRENCH 729: 30 points

Restrictions

FRENCH 729