Winter 2002

This information effective for Winter 2002.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.

Women’s Studies

[WMST 42Y] [WMST 80Y] [WMST 100] [WMST 194J] [WMST 194P]

42Y. African American Women’s Literature 1970s-1980s

Winter 2002
Instructor: Michelle Espino
MWF 11:00–12:10 p.m.
Kresge 356

A student-directed seminar. Examines the work of African American women writers produced during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Enrollment restricted to 15 first and second year students. Call # 37890

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*80Y. Violence Against Women of Color

Instructor: Andrea Smith
TTh 4:00–5:45 p.m.
Oakes 106

Examines violence against women of color in its myriad forms, analyzes the relationship between sexual/domestic violence and institutional structures of violence. Further explores the development of women of color’s organizing strategies against violence and their relationship to the mainstream anti-sexual/domestic violence movement. Issues to be covered include: domestic/sexual violence, colonialism and violence, prisons/INS detention, police brutality, violence and the economy, religion/spirituality and violence, medical experimentation, attacks on the reproductive rights of women of color, and militarism/border violence. Enrollment limited to 40. (General Education Codes: E and T5). Call # 37494

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*100. Feminist Theories

Instructor: Anjali Arondekar
TTh noon–1:45 p.m.
Kresge Town Hall

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 will change each year. Core course for women’s studies. Enrollment limited to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Call # 36108

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CANCELLED 162. Women and Power CANCELLED

Instructor: Peggy Downes Baskin
TTh 10-11:45 a.m.
Kresge 319

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194J. Advanced Feminist Philosophy

Instructor: Jocelyn Hoy
Th 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Cowell 216

A senior seminar. Focuses on issues in epistemology and ontology: the construction of knowledge and objectivity; rationality and emotions; subjectivity and personal identity; the body and sexuality. Enrollment limited to 20 seniors. Prerequisite: WMST 100 or PHIL 168. Also offered as PHIL 190 T. Call # 37508

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194P. Feminist Memories: Oral History as Feminist Methodology

Instructor: Tina Campt
W 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Kresge 325

A senior seminar. Engages the methodology of oral history as a tool for exploring social, theoretical and political implications of memory for feminist political praxis. Using community-based interviews, explores the legacy of “second wave feminism” and its impact on contemporary feminist politics. Enrollment limited to 20 upper division Women’s Studies majors. Prerequisites: WMST 1A or 1B, and 100, and writing “C,” or permission of instructor. Call # 37510

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*Mandatory secondary sections will be assigned during first week of class.