CSCH 3211 GENOCIDE II: GENDERCIDE
Gendercide' - the gender-selective mass killing and systematic targeting for murder of non-combatant "battle-age" males in various wartime and peacetime contexts as well as gendered targeting of masses of females for killing and brutality - is not well-known by most of the public. This course will survey gendercide over time through an interdisciplinary grounding in history, political science, sociology, international relations, queer studies, and human-rights activism, as well as its expressions and engagement through literature and the fine arts (encompassing film and documentary photography, the visual arts, music, and drama). Literature and fine art are not only forms of expression in response to inhumanity, but also can contribute to the dehumanization of groups who become victims of gendercide: how have the perpetrators depicted those victims in literature and art? How have art and literature also become a means and way of scholarship and activism in engaging the public and international communities with the largely unknown aspects of gendercide? Also covered, and directly related to this, are the responses to gendercide in human rights activism, organizations, documentaries, and international legal tribunals, and international 'accountability projects'.
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