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SOC 280
The Social Construction of Genders
SOC 280 SP
Crosslistings: SISP280, WMST282
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 20 19 1
In this class we will examine the relationship between
images of black, white and lesbian women within a changing
historical context--from the 1930s to the 1990s. By locating
these images in specific historical moments and exploring
how they play off each other and change over time we can
begin to unpack: 1) How social, economic and political
anxieties change over time, 2) How these anxieties are
represented, reproduced and undermined in popular
discourses, science and social science research, cultural
and political narratives and policy decisions, and 3) How
these anxieties contribute to the production of social and
political realities as well as to the construction of
gendered, raced and sexed ideologies and to women's lived
experiences. While the relationship between images of women
will be our primary focus, these images are, of necessity,
closely linked and symbiotically related to others--to
images of men, heterosexuality and the nuclear family.
MAJOR READINGS
Solinger, WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE
Kennedy and Davis, BOOTS OF LEATHER, SLIPPERS OF GOLD
May, HOMEWARD BOUND
Faderman, ODD GIRLS AND TWILIGHT LOVERS
Breines, YOUNG, WHITE AND MISERABLE
Lorde, ZAMI
Evans, PERSONAL POLITICS
Echols, DARING TO BE BAD
Faludi, BACKLASH
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
No examinations. Two take-home
papers based on life histories, located historically and
analyzed sociologically.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Weekly readings and
journals, class participation, individual and group
projects.
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 SOC
Prerequisites:
SOC 151
- Section 01
- Fisher, S
- Times: .T.T... 10:00AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 0, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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