FRE 220 Gender, Ethnicity, and Religion in Contemporary France

Taught in English, this course offers a general knowledge of frameworks for thinking about the following issues in Francophone contexts: immigration, the place of Islam, antisemitism, the banlieue, the idea of the nation, same-sex unions and adoptions, gender parity, and French secularism. Primary readings include texts by cultural critics, historians, philosophers, literary scholars, and sociologists, as well as other media and news. Fall. 3 hour(s). HUM, DIV, GA.