Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
|
Elective
Study Tours:
A three-day study tour to
Amsterdam
A two-day study tour to
Berlin
Majors:
Anthropology,
Gender Studies,
and
Sociology
What characterizes interpretations of gender, body, and sexuality in the liberal Scandinavian context? The course explores current Scandinavian debates on gender equality, the role of men and masculinity, family structure, homosexuality, and prostitution. How do concepts of gender, body, and sexuality intersect with concepts of normality and what are the real consequences of these for both genders?
Field Studies
- Sex og Samfund
- Visit the Danish Family Planning Organization to learn how sexuality is taught in Denmark, which issues are in focus, and which methods are used.
- Gay in Decay? City Exploration
- We will explore gay bars and the night-life of Copenhagen, in attempts to find out: What is the current direction of the gay & lesbian movement, and are ‘they’ by definition allies in the same fight – merely because of a common sexual identity?
Instructors
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Emily Childers BrocksCand.soc. (Social Work, University of Aalborg, 2010). B.A. (Gender Studies, Indiana University, 2001). Worked with the Danish Board of Social Services focusing on issues of prostitution and human trafficking in Denmark, 2007-2010. Currently an external consultant for the Danish Center against Human Trafficking. With DIS since 2010.
