Donna M.
Hughes
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dhughes@uriacc.uri.edu
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Announcements
Calender of Events
The Nawal El Saadawi Reader. Nawal El Saadawi. Zed Books. 1997.
Ecofeminism. Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva. Zed Books. 1993.
Ana's Land: Sisterhood in Eastern Europe. Tanya Renne (Editor). 1997.
Daughters of the Pacific. Zohl Dé Ishtar. Spinifex Press. 1994.
The State of Women in the World Atlas. Joni Seager. 1997.
Week |
Topic |
Readings |
| Week 1 13 Jan |
Introduction Women: Voice of the Oppressed, Speech by Maryam Rajavi
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Atlas,
Part One: Women in the World, pp. 12-17 Text of Women: Voice of the Oppressed |
| Week 2 27 Jan
|
Gendering South-North Politics | Nawal
El Saadawi Reader, pp. 1-49 Atlas, pp. 73-81 Additional
Readings:
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| Week 3 3 Feb |
Women’s Health | Nawal El Saadawi Reader, pp. 51-70 Atlas, pp. 38-47, 52-53 Additional Readings: Female Genital Mutilation Foundation for Women's Health Long Road to Women's Health, South Africa Mortality rates from pregnancy and childbirth
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| Week 4 10 Feb
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Religious Fundamentalism | Nawal
El Saadawi Reader, pp. 71-114 Additional Readings:
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| Week 5 17 Feb
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Identity and Culture | Nawal
El Saadawi Reader, pp. 117-153 Additional Readings:
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| Week 6 24 Feb |
Cultural Imperialism and Resistance | Nawal El Saadawi Reader, pp. 157-232 Atlas, pp. 50-51Additional Readings: Gender, Labor and International Solidarity in the Era of Free Trade, Structural Adjustment and GATT Gracie Fong
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| Week 7 3 Mar
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Development and Subsistence | Ecofeminism,
pp. 1-21; 55-97 Atlas, pp. 59-71 Additional
Readings:
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| Week 8 17 Mar
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Globalism, Nationalism, and Violence Against Women | Ecofeminism,
pp. 98-163 Atlas, pp. 54-57 Additional
Readings:
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| Week 9 24 Mar
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Science and Technology | Ecofeminism,
pp. 22-90, 164-217 Additional
Readings:
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| Week 10 31 Mar
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Freedom and Self Determination | Ecofeminism,
pp. 218-263 Atlas, pp. 83-93 Additional
Readings:
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| Week 11 7 Apr |
Changing
the North - A New Vision
|
Ecofeminism,
pp. 264-324 Additional
Readings:
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| Week 12 14 Apr |
Colonization,
Militarism in the Pacific
|
Daughters
of the Pacific, pp. xviii-97 Additional Readings:
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| Week 13 21 Apr
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Environmental Destruction and Tourism in the Pacific | Daughters
of the Pacific, pp. 99-254 Additional Readings:
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| Week 14 28 Apr |
Democracy and Privatization in Eastern Europe | Ana’s
Land Additional
Readings: |
Evaluation of
Internet Sources
Evaluation
Criteria
Women Online
Worldwide
Ethnic Women
International
Africa
Online - Women
SAWNET South
Asian Women's
Network
Manushi - A Journal
about Women and
Society
Journal of South
Asian Women's
Studies
African
Women's Global Network
Women in Development
Network
Voices from
Beijing
National Asian
Women's Health Organization
Zan A Directory/Anthology about
Iranian Women
Chicana Studies
Web Page
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women
For more Internet links see Feminist Theory syllabus.