GEN/PHI 333. Theories of Gender & Sexuality
Prof. Kyoo Lee, 524 West 59th St. Rm 8.63.15, Dept. of Philosophy, John Jay College, CUNY
Office Hours: By Appointment (Before or After Class)
Some Classical/Contemporary Texts You're
Strongly
Encouraged to
Read Cover to Cover and
Write About As Main Part of Your Research Paper.
An Extra Credit of Up to 5 Points Applicable.
@ Linda Alcoff. Visible Identities : race, gender, and the self
@ Simone de Beauovir. The Second Sex
@ Judith Butler. Gender Trouble
@ Nancy Chodorow. Femininities, Masculinities, Sexualities:
Freud and Beyond
@ Patricia Hill Collins. Black Feminist Thought:
knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment
@ Ann Cudd and Nancy Holmstrom, Capitalism, For and Against: A Feminist Debate
@ Michel Foucault. The History of Sexuality
@ Marilyn French, From Eve to Dawn : a history of women
Vol.2: The Masculine Mystique
@ Sander Gilman. Freud, Race and Gender
@ bell hooks. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
@ Michael Kimmel. Men's Lives
@ Martha Nussbaum. From Disgust to Humanity : Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law
@ Kelly Oliver. Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex and the Media
@ Alice Walker. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
<<On Daily Reading and Journaling>>
- Try and read all (typically two or three per class day) but
- if pressed for time, aim to read at least one, starting with the first on the list and
- write a well-condensed and composed (no rambling or waffling, please) journal either
- combining all/any of the readings or doing an in-depth analysis of one text of your choice.
- Supplementary readings are for your own reference, also potential material for your further research, and so
- there is no need to write about any of them for your journal unless you happen to find anything particularly interesting.
I. INTRODUCTION: Some Theoretical Questions
01/31. Orientation
No readings: come unprepared
No readings: come unprepared
Supplementary Reading: Media Education Foundation. Tough Guise (Youtube Clip)
No readings: come unprepared
Supplementary Reading: Media Education Foundation. Tough Guise (Youtube Clip)
02/09. Key Issues Around Gender/Sexuality As Illustrated in Berliner's Ma vie en rose
Chanter. "Introduction: The Challenge of Transgendered Identity: The End of Gender As We Know It?" Gender: Key Concepts
02/14. The Personal is Theoretical?
Chanter. "Chapter 1: Formative Moments and Concepts in the History of Feminism." Gender: Key Concepts
Pinker and Spelke. A Debate on "The Science of Gender and Science." Script
Foucault. "Scientia Sexualis." The History of Sexuality (summary: do read the whole book, three volumes, if further interested.)
Supplementary Reading: Bordo. "What is a Phallus?." The Male Body
02/23. No Class: Work on and turnitin.com-submit Two Sample Journals (firm deadline, automatic cut-off.)
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02/28. Personal, Theoretical, Differential ...
Davis. "Difficult Dialogues (Video, 2009)." Keynote Speech at the 30th Annual Conference, NWSA, Atlanta, GA .
II.GENDERED/SEXED EXISTENCE
03/01. Coming to Be: Existentially Speaking?
03/06. Right to Be: "Subalterns" Spoken At and About, but not Speaking?
Chanter. "Ch5: Postcolonial Feminist Theory: the Rhetorical Clash of 'East' and 'West'. Gender: Key Concepts
Chanter. "Ch5: Postcolonial Feminist Theory: the Rhetorical Clash of 'East' and 'West'. Gender: Key Concepts
03/13. Desire to Be: Only Through The Gender Bind?
Supplementary Reading: Butler and Talyor. From Examined Life (Video, 2008)
03/15. Naming Oppression and Position
03/20. Docility and Subjection
Chanter. "Ch3: Disciplining, Controlling and Normalizing Female sexuality with Foucault and Feminist Friends." Gender: Key Concepts
03/22. Pregnant with Thin Possibilities?
III.GENDERED/SEXED KNOWLEDGE
03/27. Does The Sex of the Knower Matter?
Chanter. "Ch4: Feminist Epistemology: Science, Knowledge, Gender, Objectivity." Gender: Key Concepts
03/29. Dunno? What, Why, and How Come?
04/03. Knowing Otherwise or Specificially?
04/05. Discussing Paper Topics in Class
04/17. No Class: Work on and turnitin.com-submit Paper Proposal/Outline/Draft (firm deadline, automatic cut-off.)
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IV.GENDERED/SEXED ACTS
04/19. Marrying, For instance
Chanter. "Ch2: Feminism and Marxism: The Usefulness and the Limitations of Parallel Models." Gender: Key Concepts
04/24. Performing
04/26. Gender Justice and Intersections of Justice
IV.YOUR THEORY?
05/01, 03, 08, 10, 15. Summing Up and Pre-scheduled Student Presentations