Week 8 12-14 Nov Black Feminism Patricia Hill Collins Black Feminist Thought” “Defining Combahee River Collective Black Feminist Statement” “A Toni Morrison, Tillie Olson, Alice Walker Further reading: Audre Lorde Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” “Age, Alice Walker In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens “Womanist” Week 9 19-21 Nov Sexuality: Sex-Positive Feminism Grand New Woman”, Kate Chopin Storm” “The “The More Miss America”, Anne Koedt Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm” “No “The Erica Jong Zipless Fuck” from Fear of Flying “The Further reading: Gayle Rubin Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality.” “Thinking Helene Cixous Laugh of the Medusa” “The Laura Mulvey Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” “Visual Week 10 Sexual Liberation and the Second Wave 26-28 Nov Catherine McKinnon Ann Ferguson The Feminist Sexuality Debates” “Sexuality”, “Forum: Eve Ensler Vagina Monologues Week 11 3-5 Dec Sexuality in the Third Wave and Postcolonial Feminism Jessica Valenti Full Frontal Feminism Fatima Mernissi Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality” “The Assia Djebar from Women of Algiers in Their Apartment Week 12 10-12 Dec Motherhood and Reproductive Rights Bordo Mothers Persons? Reproductive Rights and the Politics of Subject-ivity” “Are Adrienne Rich Calling’” The Heart of Maternal Darkness” “The ‘Sacred “Violence: Amy Richards Opting In: Having a Baby without Losing Yourself Levinas a Maternal Body” “Like Week 13 17-19 Dec Motherhood and Reproductive Rights Plath Gwendolyn Brooks Mother” “Metaphors”, “The Katherine Mansfield “Bliss” Amy Opting In
Week 8 12-14 Nov Black Feminism Patricia Hill Collins “Defining Black Feminist Thought” Combahee River Collective “A Black Feminist Statement” Toni Morrison, Tillie Olson, Alice Walker Further reading: Audre Lorde “Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” Alice Walker “Womanist” In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens Week 9 19-21 Nov Sexuality: Sex-Positive Feminism Grand “The New Woman”, Kate Chopin “The Storm” “No More Miss America”, Anne Koedt “The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm” Erica Jong “The Zipless Fuck” from Fear of Flying Further reading: Gayle Rubin “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality.” Helene Cixous “The Laugh of the Medusa” Laura Mulvey “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” Week 10 26-28 Nov Sexual Liberation and the Second Wave Catherine McKinnon “Sexuality”, Ann Ferguson “Forum: The Feminist Sexuality Debates” Eve Ensler Vagina Monologues Week 11 3-5 Dec Sexuality in the Third Wave and Postcolonial Feminism Jessica Valenti Full Frontal Feminism Fatima Mernissi “The Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality” Assia Djebar from Women of Algiers in Their Apartment Week 12 10-12 Dec Motherhood and Reproductive Rights Bordo “Are Mothers Persons? Reproductive Rights and the Politics of Subject-ivity” Adrienne Rich “The ‘Sacred Calling’” “Violence: The Heart of Maternal Darkness” Amy Richards Opting In: Having a Baby without Losing Yourself Levinas “Like a Maternal Body” Week 13 17-19 Dec Motherhood and Reproductive Rights Plath “Metaphors”, Gwendolyn Brooks “The Mother” Katherine Mansfield “Bliss” Amy Opting In
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