SES # | TOPICS AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS | READINGS |
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1 | Introduction (PDF) | No readings. |
2 | What is feminist theory? (PDF) |
Haltzman, Scott. "7 Truths Men Wish You Knew about Men." Redbook 210 (February 1, 2008): 123. What is feminismCurious Feminist. "Introduction: Being Curious about Our Lack of Feminist Curiosity." Introduction, pp. 1-13. Curious Feminist. "The Surprised Feminist." Chapter 1, pp. 14-18. Curious Feminist. "Whom Do You Take Seriously?" Chapter 5, pp. 69-82. What are women's experiences and how do we talk about them Don't Call Us. Preface and Introduction, pp. vii-13. Historical views of feminismMill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." Chapter 1 in Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 97-112. Truth, Sojourner. "Ar'n't I a Woman?" In Theorizing Feminisms, p. 113. Intersectionality – gender is not one thingLorde, Audre. "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 292-297. Grillo, Trina. "Anti-Essentialism and Intersectionality: Tools to Dismantle the Master's House." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 30-40. Identity politicsCombahee River Collective. "A Black Feminist Statement." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 412-417. Matsuda, Mari. "On Identity Politics." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 418-421. Anzaldua, Gloria. "La Conciencia de la Mestiza: Towards a New Consciousness." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 422-430. Dominance approach to sex discriminationMacKinnon, Catharine. "Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 244-255. Social constructionHaslanger, Sally. "Gender and Social Construction: Who? What? When? Where? How?" In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 16-23. |
3 | Sex, gender, and the body (PDF) |
Fausto-Sperling, Anne. "The Five Sexes." The Sciences 33, no. 2 (March 1993): 20-24. ———. "The Five Sexes, Revisited." The Sciences 40, no. 4 (July/August 2000): 18-23. Bertky, Sandra Lee. "Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 277-292. Butler, Judith. "Against Proper Objects." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 540-551. Bornstein, Kate. "Send in the Clowns." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 382-384. Bordo, Susan. "Material Girl: The Effacements of Postmodern Culture." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 385-404. FilmMiller, Jennifer. Juggling Gender, VHS. Directed by Tami Gold. Harriman, NY: Anderson Gold Films, Inc., 1992. |
4 | Embodied knowledge (PDF) |
Exile and Pride. "The Mountain." pp. 1-16. Exile and Pride. "Clearcut: Explaining the Distance." pp. 17-28. Exile and Pride. "Losing Home." pp. 29-40. Exile and Pride. "Freaks and Queers." pp. 67-102. Exile and Pride. "Reading across the Grain." pp. 103-122. Exile and Pride. "Stones in My Pockets, Stones in My Heart." pp. 123-138. Kadi, Joanna. "Stupidity 'Deconstructed'," in FT, pp. 40-50.
FilmSprinkle, Annie, and Susan Stryker. Gendernauts, DVD. Directed by Monika Treut. New York, NY: First Run Features, 1999. |
5 | The work of family (PDF) |
Don't Call Us. "Daughters' Work." Chapter 1, pp. 14-49.
Roberts, Dorothy E. "Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and the Right of Privacy." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 445-456. |
6 | Gender and sexuality (PDF) |
Don't Call Us. "Boyfriends, Love, and Sex." Chapter 2, pp. 50-82. Rubin, Gayle. "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 527-540. Lorde, Audre. "Use of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 188-192. Hammonds, Evelynn. "Black (W)holes and the Geometry of Black Female Sexuality." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 552-562. Frye, Marilyn. "Willful Virgin or Do You Have to be a Lesbian to be a Feminist?" In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 325-332. MacKinnon, Catharine. "Desire and Power." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 256-265. |
7 | Pornography, rape, and the politics of consent (PDF) |
MacKinnon, Catharine. "Sex and Violence: A Perspective." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 266-271. Stoltenberg, John. "Confronting Pornography as a Civil Rights Issue." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 298-310. Duggan, Lisa, Nan D. Hunter, and Carole S. Vance. "False Promises: Feminist Antipornography Legislation." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 311-324. Crenshaw, Kimberly. "Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 159-173. Marcus, Susan. "Fighting Bodies, Fighting Words: A Theory and Politics of Rape Prevention." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 368-381. Langton, Rae. "Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts." Philosophy and Public Affairs 22, no. 4 (Autumn 1993): 293-330. |
8 | Gender and parenting (PDF) |
Don't Call Us. "Choice and Motherhood in Poor America." Chapter 3, pp. 83-113. Ruddick, Sara. "Notes Toward a Feminist Maternal Peace Politics." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 225-237.
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9 | The welfare state (PDF) |
Don't Call Us. "Losses and Loathing in the Welfare Years." Chapter 4, pp. 114-146. Fraser, Nancy, and Linda Gordon. "A Genealogy of Dependency: Tracing a Keyword of the U.S. Welfare State." Signs 19, no. 2 (Winter 1994): 309-336.
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10 | The political sphere: policy and change (PDF) |
Don't Call Us. "Moving On: 'Don't Call Me Out of Name'." Chapter 5, pp. 147-185. Young, Iris M. "Five Faces of Oppression." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 3-16. Addams, Jane. "Women and Public Housekeeping, 1913." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 187-188. Schechter, Susan. "Social Change on Behalf of Battered Women: Reforming the Criminal Justice System." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 140-150. Fraser, Nancy. "Multiculturalism, Antiessentialism, and Radical Democracy: A Genealogy of the Current Impasse in Feminist Theory." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 459-469. Feinberg, Leslie. "Walking our Talk." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 521-526. |
11 | Militarism and gender (PDF) |
Curious Feminist. "All the Men Are in the Militias, All the Women Are Victims: The Politics of Masculinity and Femininity in Nationalist Wars." Chapter 7, pp. 99-118. Curious Feminist. "Spoils of War." Chapter 8, pp. 119-121. Curious Feminist. "Masculinity as a Foreign Policy Issue." Chapter 9, pp. 122-130. Curious Feminist. "'What If They Gave a War...': A Conversation between Cynthia Enloe, Vivian Stromberg, and the Editors of Ms. Magazine." Chapter 10, pp. 131-144. Curious Feminist. "Sneak Attack: The Militarization of U.S. Culture." Chapter 11, pp. 145-147. Curious Feminist. "War Planners Rely on Women: Thoughts from Tokyo." Chapter 12, pp. 148-151. Curious Feminist. "Feminists Keep Their Eyes on Militarized Masculinity: Wondering How Americans See Their Male Presidents." Chapter 13, pp. 152-154. |
12 | International economics and politics (PDF) |
Curious Feminist. "Margins, Silences, and Bottom Rungs: How to Overcome the Underestimation of Power in the Study of International Relations." Chapter 2, pp. 19-42. Curious Feminist. "The Globetrotting Sneaker." Chapter 3, pp. 43-56. Curious Feminist. "Daughters and Generals in the Politics of the Globalized Sneaker." Chapter 4, pp. 57-68. Curious Feminist. "A Feminist Map of the Blocks on the Road to Institutional Accountability." Chapter 17, pp. 233-236. Curious Feminist. "Updating the Gendered Empire: Where Are the Women in Occupied Afghanistan and Iraq?" Chapter 19, pp. 268-305. Sen, Amartya. "More than 100 Million Women are Missing." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 150-159. Gandhi, Leela. "Postcolonialism and Feminism." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 470-480. Stoler, Ann Laura. "Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Gender, Race, and Morality in Colonial Asia." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 481-489. FilmGray, Lorraine. The Global Assembly Line, VHS. Harriman, NY: New Day Films, 1986. |
13 | Research paper presentations (PDF) | No readings. |
14 | Concluding thoughts and dilemmas (PDF) |
Don't Call Us. "A Common Woman's Resistance." Chapter 6, pp. 186-221. Krik, Gwyn. "Standing on Solid Ground: A Materialist Ecological Feminism." In Theorizing Feminisms, pp. 501-520. |