GWS 315. Gender, Sexuality and Islam in the U.S. (3)

This interdisciplinary course examines the gender dimension of social contours of Islamic communities in North America, with an emphasis on the U.S. After a brief review of the geopolitics and historical background, immigration trends and acculturation process of communities, the course will explore what it means to be a Muslim person in the U.S. today. Special attention will be paid to social activism and feminist discourse among the diaspora Muslims and their cross-polination or transnational impacts on the processes of globalization, reformation and democratization in the Muslim-majority countries.