SWAG 312 Revisioning Motherhood in Modern Western Culture

Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors or with permission of the instructor. An interdisciplinary study of the institution of motherhood and its representations in modern cultural productions of the Western world. Students will examine the myth and reality of mothering by analyzing readings in social, political and psychoanalytical theory as well literary and filmic texts. This course may be used for credit in the studies of women and gender minor.