FALL 1999
This information effective for Fall 1999.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Bettina Aptheker
TTH 2-3:45pm
Classroom 2
Core course for women's studies. Offers an analysis of the situation of women from literary, historical, sociological, anthropological, psychological, and political perspectives. Several short essays and one longer paper required. (Formerly course 1.) (General Education Code: IH.) Call # 95738
Wendy Brown
TTH 12-1:45pm
Kresge 321
Core course for women's studies. Explores core questions in theory and practice of feminist politics. Is there a common ground for a general theory of the oppression of women? How do feminist questions change from the standpoints of race, gender, class, and sexuality? Focus changes each year. Prerequisite: satisfaction of the Subject A requirement. Enrollment restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior students. Call # 95806
Akasha Hull
TTH 10-11:45am
Porter 148
Introduction to literature by African American women writers. A central focus is the social and political significance of Black women writing and the impact of feminism on writing. Prerequisite: one of the following: upper-division course in women's studies, American studies, literature, American literature, modern literary studies, pre-and early modern studies, British literature, other English literature, or a course which fulfills the ethnic studies (E) general education requirement. Enrollment limited to 80. (General Education Code: E.) Call # 95820
Wendy Mink
TTH 8-9:45am
Soc Sci 2, 75
Examination of continuities and changes in the relationship between women and the state in the United States, as mediated through law. Consideration of gender-based discrimination, gender-based remedies, and gender-neutral strategies in selected federal policies and constitutional interpretation. Topical foci: women and citizenship; protective labor policy, employment discrimination, and comparable worth; affirmative action; reproductive rights. (Also offered as Politics 112. Students may not receive credit for both courses.) Call # 95830
Akasha Hull
Th 4-7pm
Kresge 319
Establishes necessary background and contexts in African American history and spiritual beliefs, and in contemporary feminist spirituality movements. Examines spiritual consciousness as theme and creative modality in such works as Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison; Wild Seed, Octavia Butler; Mama Day, Gloria Naylor; Two-headed woman, Lucille Clifton. Prerequisite: one of the following: upper-division course in women's studies, American studies, literature, American literature, modern literary studies, pre-and early modern studies, British literature, other English literature, or a course which fulfills the ethnic studies (E) general education requirement; other interested students with permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 25. (General Education Code: E.) Call # 96396
Samantha Frost
Kresge 319
W 2-5:30pm
Course gives students tools to evaluate critically the significance of the body in feminist politics. Uses historical and contemporary materials to examine how science, law, and social norms shape our perceptions of sexual and racial differences. Explores how sexualized and racialized bodies are implicated in the constitution of discriminatory or exclusionary political relations. Examines whether the relationship between bodies, subjectivity, and political identity can be disrupted to facilitate feminist political projects. Prerequisite: course 100 or permission of instructor. . Enrollment limited to 20. Call # 95842
Jocelyn Hoy
MW 5-6:45pm
Oakes 102
Study of philosophical issues regarding women, including women's
roles and women's rights. Such notions as oppression, liberation,
sexuality, equality and autonomy are explored, along with questions
concerning the relationship between biological and social facts and
moral values. (Also offered as Philosophy 147. Students may not
receive credit for both courses.) Call # 96406
Wendy Brown
W 9am-noon
Kresge 34
Focuses on a particular problem in feminist theory. Problems will
vary each year but might include: theorizing the gendered subject,
radicalizing gender, the meeting points of psychoanalysis and
social-political analysis in theorizing gender, the relationship
between queer theory and feminist theory, postcolonial feminist
theory. Prerequisite: WMST 100. Restricted to sophomore, junior,
senior and graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
Enrollment limited to 20. Call # 96408
Bettina Aptheker
TTH 10-11:45am
Kresge 325
Practicum for undergraduates assisting in the teaching of course 1A, Introduction to Feminism, to conduct sections and evaluate student papers. A weekly seminar considers issues relating to experiential and critical thinking, authority in the classroom, effective facilitation of group process, racial diversity, and violence against women. Prerequisite: interview with instructor the quarter before course is offered, and course 1A or 1B. Students must be upper-division and have a background in women's studies and/or ethnic studies. Enrollment limited to 25.
Mandatory discussion sections assigned first week of classes.