RELST 2770
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Classes
RELST 2770
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.
This course explores the role of gender and sexuality in shaping the lives of Muslims past and present. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual histories, and religious treatises, we will analyze the key debates and discourses surrounding the intersection of gender and Islam. We begin by investigating Quranic revelations and hadith concerning gender and sexual ethics, female figures of emulation in early Islam, and feminist exegeses of the Quran. Continuing onward, we focus upon the everyday lives of Muslim women and non-binary individuals in medieval, colonial, and post-colonial contexts, highlighting the ways in which people negotiate and respond to the sexual politics of the times in which they live as we ask what, if anything, is specifically "Islamic" about the situations under discussion? Following this, we embark upon a history of sexuality within Islam, tracing the ways in which the categories of "homosexuality" and "heterosexuality" came to exist in the Muslim world, as well as the history and positionality of trans communities past and present. We then continue with an exploration of Islamic feminism as it exists today, looking to the ways in which Muslim feminists have critically engaged both religious texts as well as Western feminist theory. Finally, the course concludes by analyzing the relationship between the study of Islam, gender, and empire.
When Offered Spring.
Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (CA-AS, GLC-AS, SCD-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-ITL)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2470, FGSS 2770, LGBT 2770, MEDVL 2770, NES 2770
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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