College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Gendered Politics of the Middle East
Module POC3127 for 2020/1
Module POC3127 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3127: Gendered Politics of the Middle East
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some of the following topics or readings:
- Why Gender and Sexuality? Epistemic Violence and the Middle East
- Pre-modern/Islamicate Sexualities: History as Empowering?
- Gendering the Nation-State: Modernity and the “Woman Question” (Egypt)
- Rethinking the Private/Public Divide: Personal Status Laws (Lebanon / Tunisia/ UAE)
- Queering the Middle East: Queer Theory vs. LGBT analysis (Queer IR)
- Islamic/Queer Feminisms: An Oxymoron? (Iran)
- Gender and Conflict in the Middle East: The Case of Kurdish Militant Women
- Sexuality and Conflict in the Middle East: The Case of Pinkwashing (Israel/Palestine)
- Masculinity and its Paradoxes I: “Live and Die like a Man”
- Masculinity and its Paradoxes II: Gendering the Arab Spring
- Popular Culture as Counter-Narratives? Emerging Scholarship and Future Research
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2hr seminars |
| Guided independent study | 128 | Private study students are expected to read suggested texts and make notes prior to seminar sessions. They are also expected to read widely to complete their coursework assignments. More specifically, students are expected to devote at least: 66 (6 hours per topic/week) hours to directed reading; 6 hours to completing the formative research outline; 42 hours (3 hours/day over two weeks) for completing the essay; 10 hours (2 hours/day over 5 days) for completing opinion pieces. The 4 remaining hours serve as a margin to be adjusted depending on the student in question |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
