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Women and Gender Studies

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Gender, Trauma, and Recovery

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores the experience of emotional trauma, the process of recovery and the etiology of healing in contemporary North American culture.  Investigates memoir, poetry, film, and novel as case studies of trauma and examines the effect of gender on traumatic experiences.  Applies psychological and feminist theoretical perspectives.