GOVT350

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GOVT350

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: Theorizing Identity in Contemporary U.S. Politics GOVT350 SP

Crosslistings: WMST350

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       35      33         2

This course will introduce students to the fields of feminist theory, gender studies, and queer theory. We will begin by tracing the history of and theoretical debates within the contemporary U.S. feminist movement. We will conclude by investigating the development of queer theory as a field of inquiry. Among the questions we will consider are: what does it mean to theorize or speak "as a woman"? What are the relationships between personal experience and politics, and between sex and gender? How have racial, class, and sexual differences among women affected the movement and the field of feminist theory? What is the role of men as theorists and political actors in the movement? Throughout the semester the focus will be on exploring what it means to theorize about identity and politics.

MAJOR READINGS

Echols, DARING TO BE BAD
Anzaldua and Moraga, eds., THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK
Hooks, TALKING BACK
Butler, GENDER TROUBLE
Jardine and Smith, eds., MEN IN FEMINISM
Boone and Cadden, eds., ENGENDERING MEN
Faludi, BACKLASH
Modleski, FEMINISM WITHOUT WOMEN
Foucault, HISTORY OF SEXUALITY: AN INTRODUCTION, VOL. 1
Bersani, HOMOS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two (5-7 page) papers and one (10-page) paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Wedeen, L; Times: .T.T... 10:00AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 4; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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