Week
1: Introduction
August 24: No reading assignment.
Week 2: What is Feminism?
August 29:
Manifesta, ch. 2:
"What is Feminism?" (PDF available
here,
and also on blackboard under 'course documents'.)
August 31:
Feminist Theory,
Ch. 2: "Feminism: a Movement to End Sexist Oppression" (PDF available
here, and also on blackboard under
'course documents'.) Optional Reading: Kurt Vonnegut's
Harrison Bergeron.
Week 2: The Conceptual
Foundations of Sexism
September 5:
The Second Sex,
Introduction
September 7:
The Second Sex,
ch. 1: "The Data of Biology"
Week 3: The Conceptual
Foundations of Sexism (continued) and Towards Liberation?
September 12:
The Second Sex,
ch. 9: "Dreams, Fears, and Idols"
September 14:
The Second Sex,
ch. 25: "The Independent Woman"
Week 4: Towards Liberation?
(continued)
September 19:
The Second Sex,
Conclusion
September 21: Optional Readings and Relevant Handouts, which you can
find links to
here.
Week 5: Radical Feminism
September 26:
The Second Wave,
ch. 2: Firestone, "The Dialectic of Sex" (also on-line
here).
September 28:
The Second Wave,
ch. 9: Radicalesbians, "The Woman Identified Woman" (also on-line
here).
**September
28: First Paper Due**
Week 6: Marxist Feminism
October 3:
The Second Wave,
ch. 6: Hartmann, "The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism"
October 5:
The Second Wave,
ch. 7: Barrett, "Capitalism and Women's Liberation"
Week 7: Marxist Feminism
(continued)
October 10:
The Second Wave,
ch. 6: Hartmann, "The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism"
October 12:
The Second Wave,
ch. 7: Barrett, "Capitalism and Women's Liberation" [Repeat of last
week since the books were in late].
Week 8: Black Feminism
October 17:
Feminist Theory,
ch. 1: "Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory"
, The Second Wave,
ch. 14: Collins: "Defining Black Feminist Thought"
October 19: NO CLASS--FALL BREAK!
Week 9: Multicultural and
Global Feminisms
October 24:
The Second Wave,
ch. 17, Alaron, "The Theoretical Subject(s) of
This Bridge Called my Back..."
October 26:
The Second Wave,
ch. 23, Narayanm "Contesting Cultures"
Week 10: Sexuality and Sexual
Violence
October 31:
The Second Wave,
ch. 10, MacKinnon, "Sexuality"
November 2:
Longino, "Pornography, Oppression,
and Freedom: A Closer
Look"
**November
2: Second Paper Due**
Week 11: Sexulaity and
Pornography
November 7: Ditto last time
November 9: Lederer [PDF
here]
Week 12: Masculinity and the
Men's Movement, and Heterosexism
November 14:
The National
Organization for Men Against Sexism Statement
of Principles,
Feminist
Theory,
ch. 5: "Men: Comrades in Struggle"
November 16: Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism (all of it)
Week 13: Heterosexism
(continued)
November 21: Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism (all of it, continued)
November 23: NO CLASSES--THANKSGIVING BREAK!
Week 14: Feminist Praxis
November 28:
Manifesta, ch.
8: "What is Activism?"
November 30:
Feminist Theory,
ch. 12: "Feminist Revolution: Development Through Struggle"
December 5: Last day. Course wrap-up. No reading assignment
**December
5: Third Paper Due**
**December
8, 12:00pm: FINAL EXAM!!!**