PHIL 4150.001 Feminism

Spring 2017

01/17/2017 - 05/12/2017

Honors Course

Requirement: must be Honors College student or in TAMS program

Professor Irene J. Klaver / Class Location: Lang 313
Email:
Office: ENV 310 T
Tel: (940) 565 3331 / Meeting time: T/R 2.00-3.20
Office Hours: Thu 12.30-1.30
& by appointment

Course Description

An introduction to Anglo-American, French, and international feminisms. Topics include gender essentialism and gender difference; the relation between theory and practice; the relation between the personal and the political; the gendering of the history of philosophy; women and conflict; and ecofeminist issues in food security and climate change in developing countries.

Class Structure

Lectures, Discussions,Documentary Films, Group Projects

Reading Materials:

MAIN TEXT

  • Mann, Bonnie. 2014. Sovereign Masculinity, Gender Lessons from the War on Terror. Oxford University Press

EXCERPTS FROM

  • Anzaldua, Gloria. 2012. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Fourth Edition. Aunt Lute Books
  • Moraga, Cherríe and Gloria E. Anzaldúa, editors, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
  • Ybarra, Priscilla. 2016. Writing the Goodlife; Mexican American Literature and the Environment. The University of Arizona Press
  • Young, Iris Marion. 1997. Intersecting Voices: Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy, and Policy. Princeton University Press
  • Donna J. Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. The Reinvention of Nature. Chapter9: Situated Knowledgespp 183-201
  • Donna J. Haraway, Staying with the Trouble, Making Kin in the Chtulucene
  • Chopin, Kate, The Awakening
  • Klaver Irene J. Meander and Metis
  • Readings on BlackBoard

Requirements:

  • Class attendance participation. Notificationrequiredwhen absent.
  • Blog & Small Paper Assignments
  • Team LiteraturePresentation
  • Final paper: 8-10 pages, double-spaced (Approx2500-3000 words). Topicin consultation with Professor Klaver (decided by March 10, 2017).

Evaluation:

10 % Class Attendance & Participation
20 % Blog & Small Paper Assignments
30 % Team Literature Presentation
40% Final paper
A = 90%+
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F = 0-59%

CLASS SCHEDULE

WEEK I:

Tue, Jan 17: Introduction Jean Kilbourne'sKilling Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women

Thu, Jan 19: Donna J. Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. The Reinvention of Nature.Chapter9: Situated Knowledgespp 183-201

WEEK II:

TueJan 24:Review Ads on the blog

Donna J. Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. The Reinvention of Nature.Chapter9: Situated Knowledgespp 183-201

Thu,Jan 26: Idem

WEEK III:

Tue Jan31:Team 1: Mann: pp. 1-22 & Ch. 1& 2Atom Rosales & Ian Layden

Thu, Feb2: Continue discussion Mann Ch. 1 & 2. And Haraway. Also read the following articles by Nancy Fraser andJohanna Brenner

WEEK IV:

Tue, Feb7: Team 2: Mann: pp. 22-48 ch. 3 Madeline Parker, PJ Martinez & Rob Oropeza

Thu, Feb9:Excerpts from Moraga, Cherríe and Gloria E. Anzaldúa,editors, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Cherríe Moraga: Catching Fire xv-xxvii

Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Acts of Healing xxvii--xxix

Cherríe Moraga: La Jornade xxxv-xli

Cherríe Moraga: La Guera 22-30

AudreLorde: Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House 94-97

Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Speaking in Tongues: 163-172

WEEK V:

Tue Feb14:Team 3: Mann: pp.48-66 ch 4 Caryn GriderKenna Reid

Thu, Feb 16:Excerpt from Ybarra, Priscilla. 2016. Writing the Goodlife; Mexican American Literature and the Environment. Ch 5: Ecology and Chicana/o Cultural Nationalism: Humility Before Death in Cherríe Moraga’s Millennial Writings

Guest Speaker: Professor PriscillaSolis Ybarra, Department of English, UNT

WEEK VI:

Tue, Feb 21:Team 4: Mann: pp.69-85 chs 5 & 6 ErynMascia & Nadia Rosalez

ThuFeb 23: Team 5:Mann: pp. 85-93 chs 7 & Iris Young Molly Sanchez & Destiny Lambert

WEEK VI!:

Tue,Feb 28:

Women and Culture Interlude: Politics of Women’s Body

Guest speakers: Women’s rights and abortion

The Rev. Canon JimmyeKimmey, Episcopal Diocese of New

York (ret.); Priest Associate,St. Barnabas, Denton

Professor Rosemary Candelario, Director, International Dance Company

Department of Dance, Texas Woman's University
Texas Equal Access Fund

ThuMarch 2: Team 6:Mann: pp. 97-118 chs 8 & 9 Erin Pinkham & Marcus Lutz

WEEK VIII:

Tue, March7: Team 7:Mann: pp. 118-136 ch10 Darian Chambers & Samantha Sena

Thu, March 9:Team 8:Mann: pp. 139-156 chs 11&12Ashley Yarbrough &Sian Halvorsen

WEEK IX: SPRING BREAKTue, March14: NO CLASS Thu, March 16:NO CLASS

WEEK X:

Tue, March 21.Women and Culture Interlude: MUSIC: Guest lecture Alexandra Burkot: Hildegard von Bingen, Pauline Viardot, and otherforgotten women composers.

Thu, March23:Team 9:Mann: pp. 156-182 chs 13 & 14Matilyn Crowder & Carly Haffner

WEEK XI:

Tue,March28: Team 10: Mann: pp. 182-199 Chs 15 & 16Misaki Collins & Lizbeth Rodriguez

Thu,March30: Women and Culture Interlude: Logic in Early Greek Philosophy; Klaver, Meander and Metis

WEEK XII:Women and Culture Interlude: Women and Water in LITERATURE

Tue, April4: Team 11: Kate Chopin Awakening Rebekah Simon & Savannah Molina

Thu, April6: Team 12: Hamlet OpheliaHelianaOnomo & Jordan Lambert & Hanna Johnson

WEEK XIII:

Tue, April 11:Anzaldua, Gloria. 2012. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza,

Thu, April 13: Idem

WEEK XIV: Eco feminism reading

Tue, April 18: Excerpts From: Stacy Alaimo and Susan HekmanMaterial Feminisms

Thu, April 20: Idem

WEEK XV:

Tue,April 25:Donna Haraway, Situated Knowledges

Thu,April 27: Donna Haraway, Excerpts from Staying with the Trouble

WEEK XVI:

Tue, May 2:Conclusion, review overview course Thu, May 4: Idem

WEEK XVII: OFFICIAL EXAM WEEK

Tue, May 9: PAPER DUE ELECTRONICALLY: Submit to BlackBoard NO Official Exam

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(1) Turn off cell phones before arriving.

(2) Do not arrive late or leave early.

(3) Do not sleep during class.

(4) Do not work on other assignments during class.

(5) Do not talk or whisper to neighbors (except for formal class interaction).

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