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Academic Year 2003/2004
Postcolonialism & Globalization
SOC 291 FA
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
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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