| #1: Jan 13 | Why We Need
Theory
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| #2: Jan 15 | What Is Feminism
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Chap 1 What is
Feminism? Maria Mies, Patriarchy Study Questions
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| #3: Jan 22 | The Politics of Feminism - Black Feminist Thought | Chap 1 The
Politics of Black Feminist Thought, Black Feminism
Thought, Patricia Hill
Collins Study Questions Chap 2 Defining Black Feminist Thought, Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins Additional
Reading:
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| #4: Jan 27 | The Politics of Feminism - Chicana Feminist Thought | Making Face, Making Soul -
A Chicana Feminist
Homepage Chicanas Speak Out Chicana Studies Homepage
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| #5: Jan 29 | Analyzing
Feminist Perspectives Due: Analysis
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Feminism: An
Agenda, Andrea Dworkin (handout) Study Questions Mary Peck's Analysis Paper The Art of the Impossible, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified Additional Readings:
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| #6: Feb 3 | Women Together
for Women
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Introduction,
Janice Raymond, A Passion for Friends Additional Readings: |
| #7: Feb 5 | Female
Friendship
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Chap 1 Origins
of Female Friendship: In the Beginning Was Woman, Janice Raymond, A
Passion for Friends Additional Readings:
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| #8: Feb 10 | Obstacles to Female Friendship | Chap 4 Obstacles
to Female Friendship, Janice Raymond, A Passion for
Friends |
| #9: Feb 12 | A Vision of Female Friendship | Chap 5 A Vision
of Female Friendship: Two Sights-seeing, Janice Raymond, A Passion
for Friends Additional Readings: |
| #10: Feb 17 | Gendered
Division of Labor
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Chap 2 Social
Origins of the Sexual Division of Labor, Maria Mies,
Patriarchy Study Questions Additional Readings: |
| #11: Feb 19 | Colonization | Chap 3
Colonization and Housewifization, Maria Mies, Patriarchy Study Questions
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| #12: Feb 24 | International Division of Labor | Chap 4
Housewifization International: Women and the New International Division
of Labor, Maria
Mies, Patriarchy Study Questions Additional Readings:
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| #13: Feb 26 | Work and Family
for African American Women
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Chap 3 Work, Family and Black Women's Oppression, Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought |
| #14: Mar 3 | Work and Family
for Asian American Women
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Chap 1 Labor,
Laws and Love, Yen Le Espiritu, Asian American Women and Men Chap 2 Stretching Gender, Family, and Community Boundaries, 1840s-1930s, Yen Le Espiritu, Asian American Women and Men
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| #15: Mar 5 | Violence Against
Women
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Chap 5 Violence
Against Women and the Ongoing Primitive Accumulation of Capital, Maria
Mies,
Patriarchy Additional
Readings:
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| #16: Mar 17 | War and
Immigration in the Lives of Asian American Women
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Chap 3 Changing
Lives: World War II and the Postwar Years Chap 4 Contemporary Asian America: Immigration, Increasing Diversity, and Changing Resources, Yen Le Espiriru, Asian American Women and Men
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| #17: Mar 19 | Ideology and
Control of Women
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Chap 4 Mammies,
Matriarchs, and Other Controlling Images, Patricia Hill Collins,
Black Feminist
Thought Chap 5 Ideological Racism and Cultural Resistance: Constructing Our Own Images, Yen Le Espiritu, Asian American Women and Men Additional Readings:
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| #18: Mar 24 | Women and
National Liberation Struggles
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Chap 6 National
Liberation and Women’s Liberation, Maria Mies,
Patriarchy Additional Readings:
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| #19: Mar 26 | Difference and
Dominance
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Chap 1 Not By
Law Alone, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified Chap 2 Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified Additional
Readings:
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| #20: Mar 31 | Sexuality:
Construction and Colonization
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Chap 3 Desire and Power, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified |
| #21: Apr 2 | Violence Against Women | Chap 6 A Rally
Against Rape, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified Chap 7 Sex and Violence: A Perspective, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified Chap 9 Sexual Harassment: Its First Decade in Court, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified Additional
Readings:
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| #22: Apr 7 | Sexual
Exploitation: Pornography and Prostitution film: Prostitution: A Matter of Violence Against Women
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Chap 11
Linda’s Life and Andrea’s Work, Catharine MacKinnon,
Feminism Unmodified Chap 12 More Than Simply a Magazine: Playboy’s Money, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified |
| #23: Apr 9 | African American Women and Sexual Politics | Chap 8 The
Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood Chap 9 Sexual Politics and Black Women's Relationships, Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought
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| #26: Apr 21 | Motherhood and
Reproductive Rights
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Chap 8 Privacy
v. Equality: Beyond Roe v. Wade, Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism
Unmodified Chap 6 Black Women and Motherhood, Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought Additional Reading:
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| #24:Apr 14 | Women and Self-Definition | Chap 5 The Power
of Self-Definition, Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist
Thought Additional Readings:
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| #25: Apr 16 | Afrocentric Feminist Epistemology | Chap 10 Toward
an Afrocentric Feminist Epistemology, Patricia Hill Collins, Black
Feminist Thought
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| #27: Apr 23 | Women and
Imagined Community
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Chap 6 Beyond Dualisms: Constructing an Imagined Community, Yen Le Espiritu, Asian American Women and Men |
| #28: Apr 28 | Feminist Vision
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Chap 7 Towards a Feminist Perspective of a New Society, Maria Mies, Patriarchy |
Evaluation of
Internet Sources
Evaluation
Criteria
Women's
Studies and
Feminist Theory
Women's
Studies Resources
Gender and Women
Links
Feminist
Theory Web Site
Women's Human
Rights Resources
United Nations Division for the
Advancement of
Women
Affirmative
Action and Diversity Project
Diversity Links for
Women and
Minorities
African
American Women - Online Archive
Women's
Liberation Movement Pathfinder
Women Online Worldwide
Women's Net
Center for the
American Woman and Politics
HERA Health, Empowerment,
Rights and
Accountability
Native American
Women's Health
Education Resource Center
Minnesota
Center Against Violence and Abuse
RAINN Rape, Abuse, Incest
National
Network
Guerrilla Girls
Always
Causing Legal Unrest
Yin
Women's Internet Council
The Woman
Rebel
National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force
Human Rights Campaign
Jewish Women
International
Support
Services for Women in Rhode Island
Professional Directory and
Marketplace of Women
in Business
Encylopedia of
Women's History
Women's FlyFishing
For more links to web sites see the International Women's Issues syllabus.