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HIST388

Feminist Theory in History HIST388 SP

Crosslistings: WMST388

Next Offered in 9899 SP

It is the purpose of this course to explore the theoretical challenges to the discipline of history raised by feminist historians in the past two decades. We will examine the assumptions, methods, and content of traditional history from a variety of feminist perspectives. What are, for example, the new directions/interpretations suggested by feminist work? Which issues produce the most controversy among feminists? What are the most useful ways of theorizing different kinds of difference? How are assumptions about gender written into the historical record? And how can presumptions preserved in the historian's very categories of analysis be unpacked, interrogated, and transformed? What would a (re)visioned history look like?

MAJOR READINGS

Joan W. Scott, GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF
HISTORY
Marianne Hirsch & Evelyn Fox Keller, CONFLICTS IN FEMINISM
Judith R. Walkowitz, CITY OF DREADFUL DELIGHT
A.L. Shapiro, ed., FEMINISTS REVISION HISTORY
T. de Lauretis, "Eccentric Subjects"
C. Mohanty, "Under Western Eyes"
C. Steedman, LANDSCAPE FOR A GOOD WOMAN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Students will be responsible for 4 short papers and one oral presentation.

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 Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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