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Academic Year 2003/2004


Postcolonialism & Globalization
SOC 291 FA

Crosslistings:
AMST 289

The emancipatory uprisings and postcolonial challenges of the 20th century have irrevocably unsettled the old Eurocentric colonial order. The potent anticolonial insurrections of the last 50 years have posed serious questions for our global future: What does postcolonialism mean for the colonizer and the colonized? Under what circumstances, if any, can the colonial relation be transcended in ways that do not merely reproduce structures of domination (racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.) within the Third World? Does the term "globalization" signify a simple return to a neocolonial form of capitalist imperialism? Or does it signify First World anxiety about its own decentered status? To examine these and other questions, this course will take an interdisciplinary approach, examining cases and ideas presented in works of sociology, political economy, and cultural studies.

MAJOR READINGS

Anne McClintock, et al; DANGEROUS LIAISONS: GENDER, NATION AND POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES
Frederick Cooper & Ann Laura Stoler; TENSIONS OF EMPIRE: COLONIAL CULTURES IN A BOURGEOIS WORLD
Pheng Cheah, et al; COSMOPOLITICS: THINKING AND FEELING BEYOND THE NATION
June Nash & María Patricia Fernández-Kelly, WOMEN, MEN, AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOR
Saskia Sassen, LOSING CONTROL?: SOVEREIGNTY IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Jerry Mander & Edward Goldsmith, THE CASE AGAINST THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Cynthia Enloe, BANANAS, BEACHES AND BASES: MAKING FEMINIST SENSE OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly reading journal, in-class deliberative presentations, country profile update, major research paper (18-20 pages).

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: SOC151 OR SOC152

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Cutler,Jonathan C   
Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: SCIE141
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 25)
SR. major: 8   Jr. major: 7
SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 0   FR: 0

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Writing
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004


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