Lecture notes (some)
and handouts
Sept. 14/15 Lecture: Patriarchal knowledge and feminist challenges
Sept. 21/22 Lecture: Defining Oppression
pocket
guide to feminist theories
Oct 5/6 Lecture:
Feminism and anti-racism Follow up on October 5 & 6, 1999 lectures: An informal
exercise based on comparison: ON THE PRACTICE OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION AND
THE PRACTICE OF NON-MEDICAL COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY (BREAST ENLARGEMENTS,
LIPOSUCTION, LABIA RESTRUCTURING, ETC.)
FOLLOW UP ON OCTOBER 12
&13, 1999 LECTURES: PASSAGES
TO PAY ATTENTION TO, REFLECT UPON (IN YOUR JOURNAL?) AND/OR DISCUSS WITH
YOUR CLASSMATES (Mill and Frankenberg)
Oct 19/20 History of the Women's Movement II : the second wave
Consciousness
raising guidelines for a Radical feminist Collective (1970)
Oct. 26/27 Film: Kanesetahke
Nov. 2/3 Lecture: Kanesetahke: resistance
Nov 9/10 Lecture: Women in Legends, Myths and Symbols
Nov 16/17 Historical perspectives on Female Sexuality
The
influence of Foucault's History of Sexuality on modern studies of sex and
gender.
Nov 30/31 Contemporary
perspectives on Female Sexuality II
Jan 4/5 Sex,
Lies and the Global Economy
Jan 11/12 Globalizing Feminism
Jan 18/19 The Social Construction of Gender I : your
life as a girl
Jan 25/26 The Social
Construction of Gender
II: the Social Production and Reproduction of Femininity
Feb 1/2 Image and Representation
Adbuster's 'Obsession' campaign (take a look!)
Feb 8 /9 Technology and Space
Feb 29 (leap!)/March1
Lecture: Toni Morrison and Beloved
Web resource: Toni
Morrison -- short
biography
March 7/8
March14/15 Film and Feminists
March 21/22: Where do we go from here? Review
March 28/29: in
class exam