IGESS (Institute for Global Economics and Social Sciences)

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SOC300ZA(社会学 / Sociology 300)
Race, Class and Gender II: Global Inequalities

Kukhee CHOO

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Faculty/Graduate school IGESS (Institute for Global Economics and Social Sciences)
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Year 2021
Class code A6541
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Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 火6/Tue.6
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
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Grade 3~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Category General Education Courses/総合教育科目
Global Open Program/グローバルオープン科目
Faculty Sponsored Department Global and Interdisciplinary Studies

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Outline and objectives

This class builds on what students have learned in Race, Class and Gender I to look at how inequalities are inter-connected through examining various global issues. Students will learn to analyze how race, class, gender, and sexuality are connected to each other as intersecting inequalities in a society and the world, and on that basis, consider the possibility of an equal but diverse world.

Goal

A major goal is to develop students' sensitivity towards issues of inequality and skills in social analysis and critical thinking. By exploring issues related to family, employment, violence, prostitution, and human and sex trafficking, in an international and global context, students will learn to see how any global issue is multidimensional, and specifically, how inequalities are complex and constituted by the interconnection of race, class, gender, sexuality, and other bases of inequality.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

The course is taught through a combination of lectures, video-viewings, and class discussions based on readings and videos.

Comments/feedback for assignments (tests and reports, etc.) are given during office hours. Please note that the teaching approach may vary according to which threat level we are at: at level 1, 70% of this course will be held on campus, though at level 2, 50% will be held on campus.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1:Overview: The Significance of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (RCGS)

Requirements and topics for RCGII
Discussion of news items and students’ experiences with respect to RCGS

2:Theoretical understanding of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

Articles on RCGS

3:Family in the Global Context: Changes and Stability (1)

Gender gaps around the world (World organization reports)

4:Family in the Global Context: Changes and Stability (2)

Transnational adoption
First Person Plural (on transnational adoption)

5:Work: Opportunity, Mobility and Exploitation (1)

Globalization and the reproduction of inequality (on globalization and labor), "The ideological tensions of Capitalism: Universalism versus Racism and Sexism"

6:Work: Opportunity, Mobility and Exploitation (2)

Migrant workers: Domestic and care workers
(migrant domestics in the U.S.)

7:Midterm review

Review of the RCGS theories and articles

8:War and Violence (1)

War, masculinity and gender violence
God Sleeps in Rwanda (on mass rape and ethnic cleansing)

Mass rape as war crime

9:War and Violence (2)

The "comfort women" issue

Discussion on the Japan-Korea agreement on the comfort women issue

10:Prostitution and Sex Tourism (1)

Prostitution as an institution and male sex tourism
Bangkok Girl (sex tourism in Thailand)

11:Prostitution and Sex Tourism (2)

How Scandinavian countries eradicated illegal prostitution

12:Human and Sex Trafficking (1)

Data on human and sex trafficking in the world today

13:Human and Sex Trafficking (2)

Born into Brothels (on children in a red-light district in India)

14:Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality: revisited

What have we learned about race, class, gender and sexuality?
Final review

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Students are expected to review class materials after each class, write down reflections on the videos shown in class, do the prescribed readings, and prepare for discussions. Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Textbooks

No textbook will be used. Handouts, readings and other materials will be distributed in class and uploaded on the Hosei Learning Management System.

References

Alcoff, Linda Martin, and Eduardo Mendieta. "Identities: race, class, gender, and nationality." (2003); Weber, Lynn. Understanding race, class, gender, and sexuality: A conceptual framework. McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages, (2001).

Grading criteria

Class participation (10%)
Class readings summaries/presentation (or equivalent evaluation)(20%)
Speaking up during class discussions (20%)
Midterm research exam/project (20%)
Final research exam/project (30%)

Changes following student comments

Students have found the class useful and thought-provoking, but some have found the workload too heavy. The instructor has reduced and revised the assignments so as to allow students to delve more deeply into the topics in each.

Prerequisite

To take this class, students are expected to have passed Race, Class and Gender I. This prerequisite may be waived if a student has the equivalent academic background.