Academic Calendar - 2024

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Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 2291F/G

INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN THE ARTS IN CANADA: CULTURAL TRADITIONS, SURVIVAL, AND COLONIAL RESISTANCE


This course examines traditional and contemporary artforms created and performed by Indigenous women. Art as an expression of Indigenous women’s social, political, and spiritual realities is studied through readings, lectures, and artistic assignments. This course also considers Indigenous analyses, varied artistic styles, forms, and mediums, from Indigenous women across Canada.

Antirequisite(s): Indigenous Studies 2682F/G, Art History 2634F/G.

Prerequisite(s): Indigenous Studies 1020E, GSWS 1020E, or 1.0 course from GSWS 1021F/G, GSWS 1022F/G, GSWS 1023F/G, GSWS 1024F/G, or GSWS 1030F/G, or 1.0 from Art History 1640 or the former VAH 1040 or two of Art History 1641A/B – 1649A/B or the former VAH 1041A/B – VAH 1045A/B, or 1.0 course or special permission from Program.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Cross-listed with Indigenous Studies 2682F/G and Art History 2634F/G.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i   CATEGORY B i  
Subject Code: GSWS

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