Spring 2021
GWS 134 001 - LEC 001
Formerly Women's Studies 134
Gender and the Politics of Childhood
Laura C Nelson
Jan 19, 2021 - May 07, 2021
Tu, Th
05:00 pm - 06:29 pm
Internet/Online
Class #:30936
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
Pending Review
Offered through
Gender and Womens Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
8
Enrolled: 65
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 73
Waitlist Max: 25
Open Reserved Seats:0
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
FRI, MAY 14TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
Other classes by Laura C Nelson
Course Catalog Description
Explores gender and age as interrelated dimensions of social structure, meaning, identity, and embodiment. Emphasis on the gendered politics of childhood--for example, in the social regulation of reproduction; child-rearing, motherhood, fatherhood, care, and rights; the changing global political economy of childhoods and varied constructions of "the child"; child laborers, soldiers, street children; consumption by and for children; growing up in schools, neighborhoods, and families.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None