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GENDER STUDIES [2 records]

Record 1 2024-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
CONT

Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics... In gender studies, the term "gender" is often used to refer to the social and cultural constructions of masculinity and femininity, rather than biological aspects of the male or female sex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
  • Grades et diplômes
CONT

[Les] «études sur le genre» [...] désignent un champ de recherche universitaire qui a pris naissance aux États-Unis dans les années 1970 en lien avec les revendications politiques, et plus particulièrement féministes, qui agitent les campus dans ces mêmes années. Il s'est depuis développé dans les universités du monde entier, toujours en lien et en dialogue avec le milieu militant.

OBS

études de genre : Puisque le terme «études de genre» est considéré comme un calque de l'anglais, il est préférable d'utiliser les termes «études sur le genre» et «études du genre».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología
  • Grados y diplomas (Educación)
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Record 2 2024-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Women
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Degrees and Diplomas (Educ.)
CONT

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender, systems of privilege and oppression, and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

OBS

women's studies; female studies; feminist studies; gender studies: Although these terms are sometimes used interchangeably, they can refer to distinct study approaches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des femmes
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Grades et diplômes
OBS

études sur les femmes; études féministes; études sur le genre : Bien que ces termes soient parfois employés de manière interchangeable, ils peuvent désigner des approches d'études distinctes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la mujer
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Grados y diplomas (Educación)
DEF

Enfoque académico, generalmente interdisciplinario, del análisis de la condición femenina y de las correlaciones sexistas, así como de lo relativo a las diferencias hombre-mujer en todos los demás ámbitos.

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