Identify gender relations in different eras of Caribbean history.

 Assignments Discussion board participation Tests/Exams None this week. Week 8 (June 22, 2019) Module 8 Gender Relations Topics The social construction of gender Intersectionality of gender, race, class Gender relations in Caribbean history Gendered spaces Gender socialization Gender-based violence Contemporary gender challenges Learning Objectives By the end of this module, you should be able to: Explain how gender is a social construction, and how it intersects with race, class, and ethnicity. Identify gender relations in different eras of Caribbean history. Explain how space is gendered in Caribbean societies. Describe the process of gender socialization that occurs in Caribbean societies. Explain the presence and impact of gender-based violence in the Caribbean. Illustrate some of the contemporary challenges in the Caribbean that are gender-based. Required Readings Hernandez-Ramdwar, C. (2016). Chapter 7: Gender relations. In Introduction to the Caribbean: Diversity, challenges, resiliency. Rambarran, Nastassia. (2016). “That boy did look very strange”: Barbadian doctors’ experiences with LGBT patients. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/boy-did-look-very-strange-barbadian-doctors-lgbt-nastassia-rambarran (Opens new window) Reddock, R. (2007). Diversity, difference and Caribbean feminism: The challenge of anti-racism (Opens PDF document). Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, Issue 1 Reuters. (2018). Trinidad and Tobago judge rules homophobic laws unconstitutional: The ruling, which declared sections of the Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional, may soon lead to decriminalizing gay sex. The Guardian. April 13, 2018.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/13/trinidad-and-tobago-sexual-offences-act-ruled-unconstitutional Senior, Olive. (2009). Arrival of the Snake-Woman. Chapter 3: the two grandmothers. TSAR Publishing House. Canada, pp. 67-89. VIDEO: Jamaican Video Cartoon. (2014). Penado bleaches. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0pKSXyS5ro (Opens new window) Week 9 (June 29, 2019) Module 9 Migration and Diaspora Topics Definitions of diaspora and migration The Caribbean as a migratory space The various waves of Caribbean out migration Characteristics of Caribbean migration Caribbean diasporas The second generation Learning Objectives By the end of this module, you should be able to: Define the term diaspora and describe the Caribbean diaspora. Identify the various reasons for Caribbean migration. Describe the waves of Caribbean out-migration in the 20th and 21st century. Identify some of the common characteristics of Caribbean migration. Define the term “second generation” and describe some of the characteristics of the Caribbean second generation. Required Readings Hernandez-Ramdwar, C. (2016). Chapter 8: Migration and diaspora. In Introduction to the Caribbean: Diversity, challenges, resiliency. Du Bois, C. (2011). Caribbean migrations and diasporas. In S. Palmié & F. Scarano (Eds.), The Caribbean: A history of the region and its peoples (pp. 583-596). Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. Plaza, D. (2009). The construction of segmented hybrid identity among one-and-a-half generation and second-generation Indo-Caribbean and African Caribbean Canadians. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research 6(3): 207-229. VIDEO: Upshal, D. (Prod/Dir.). (1998). “Arrival,” Windrush