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Prof.
Maryanne Horowitz T, Th 10:05-11:30
a.m. Class Meetings Johnson 105 Office
Hours in Swan 314: Tues. 8:45-9:40 a.m., and Thurs. 8:00-9:50 a.m. and by
appointment. (Usually available right
after class for a short consultation in classroom.) |
Up-to-date Syllabus
on-line at https://sites.oxy.edu/horowitz/courses/courses.html;
linked from MOODLE site.
In early modern times,
popular conceptualizations of the intersection of gender and sexuality,
ethnicity/race, and rank/class divided women from each other. Activist advocacy
for women emerged from a debate on women's nature to a debate on opportunities
for women: to be educated, to write, to speak out, to preach, to express one's
individuality in dress and demeanor, or to work in one's chosen occupation. For
the transformation in political theory from Lockean
family representation to Suffragette individual representation in the state, we
shall explore the literature on "rights" from Wollstonecraft to
United Nations declarations on global Women's Rights & current revival of
American movement for Equal Rights Amendment. We shall experience together a
diversity of films as students discuss the intersectionality of race, gender,
class, religion, and sexualities.
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Books
(used whenever possible) in Bookstore: (Used copies also on amazon.com
Also to be on 2-hour Reserve)
Estelle B.
Freedman, No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of
Women (Ballantine, 2002)
Estelle B. Freedman, Feminism: The Essential Historical
Writings (Vintage Books or Modern
Library, 2007)
Gerda
Lerner, The Creation of Feminist
Consciousness (Oxford, 1993)
Danai Gurira, Eclipsed (Theatre Communication
Group, 2015)
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Student choices: recent
feminist films and articles on Reserve List at MOODLE
On readings, take notes
on chapters, “What is author’s key argument?” Does author consider multiple
views? What is author’s evidence for argument?
To
empathize with problems caused by sexism and to consider the solutions from an intersectional
perspective, emphasizing interconnections with different bases of identity and
multiple systems of oppression, including race and class.
To
gain familiarity with major events, people, and movements in the history of
gender, women, and sexualities in Europe, U.S.A., with case-studies globally.
To
learn basic methods of historical investigation, particularly analysis of
textual sources (including a play) and film. DOCUMENT ANALYSIS FORM
To
develop skills in argument, writing, and oral presentation.
Requirements:
20% each: 1)
In-class Midterm Exam 2) Second Exam 3) Class Attendance, Oral
Participation 4) 5) 5-page paper on current controversial
issue that motivates you 5) 5-page paper comparing and contrasting
feminist issues in the writings of two authors from a specific historical and
cultural context that interests you. Students will discuss and debate
issues and respond to students' papers.
Exams: Typed on a
computer, double space, Times New Roman, 12 Point.
Papers. Typed on a computer, double space, Times New Roman, 12 Point.
Each paper is 5-7 typed pages plus Works Cited indicating specific author and
article within a book or journal. Divide Works Cited into Primary
Sources and Secondary Sources. Be consistent within one paper in either M.L.A.
Style (parenthetical author, p.) or University of Chicago Style (endnotes). Pass in 2 copies.
Paper 1: Pick l specific current controversy among
feminists. Either argue your position on a
specific aspect of the issue (considering counter-arguments) or analyze and evaluate multiple positions
on the overall controversy to clarify current state of the debate. Cite
writings by at least 2 feminists of your choice. Students
are encouraged to come to office hours in preparing for Sept. 18 topic proposal.
Paper
2: Pick 2 persons from one particular
historical period whose areas of concern relate to feminist
issues. Utilizing some of their writings, art, or records of
organizing, compare their viewpoints and activities within their specific
historical contexts. Recommend books by women, newly translated into English in
Oxy library series “Other Voice in early Modern Europe” ” For this
second paper, do not use websites except those like JSTOR containing
peer-reviewed articles. It is required that you have some primary sources by
the 2 persons.
Tues. Nov. 8
* Paper 2 abstract and bibliography due. Bring 2 primary sources to class to discuss
your proposal. Paper
due Nov. 20 in 2 copies.
Extra Credit for
participation in attending or creating feminist happenings on campus or in Los
Angeles 1) announce event ahead in class or via class email 2) afterwards pass in a page analysis of the
event within a week after event. For example, see announcements of Oxy’s Center for Gender Equity, Planned Parenthood
chapter, or other organizations.
Center
for Study of Women, UCLA http://www.csw.ucla.edu/
Williams Institute: http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/programs/
Feminist
Majority Foundation see http://feminist.org/ Planned
Parenthood https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Highly Recommend the following planned ahead. I also will be forwarding to class list other
speakers & events.
Sept 14 Fri. 4:30 p.m. Choi
Auditorium psychologist Dr. Michelle Hebl“Gender and
Race Gatekeeping”(co-sponsor GWSS)
CSP Lectures, Thorne Hall, 11:45 https://www.oxy.edu/core-program/csp-lecture-series
Mon, Oct. 1 Margo Okazawa-Rey Founding member of Combahee River Collective
which articulated a theory of intersectionality in “A Black Feminist Statement." No. 48 in class book The Essential Feminist Reader
October 15
(M) CSP Lecture, Thorne Hall: Oxy grad Pardis Mahdavi. Most recent
book “Crossing the Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives”
Other GWSS lecturers through
an endowment at DWA will be announced:
“Complexities of Human
Trafficking” Fri. Oct. 5 Choi Auditorium starts 11:45-1:55 (Globally) and continues
1:55-2:50 (in L.A.)
Unit l. Feminist Movements 19th-21st
centuries; Intersections of Social Movements and Growing Awareness of
Intersectionality; Controversies of concern to students in class
1) First class is Thurs. Aug. 30 Start reading in Estelle Freedman, No Turning Back, ch.
1 ( pp. 1-17) & ch. 3 ( pp.45-72) and “Unity
Principles of Women’s March 1/21/17” https://www.womensmarch.com/principles/
2) Read Freedman, No Turning Back, Part III, “Politics of Work and Family,” pp.
123-202. Sept. 4 FILM North Country 123 minutes. North
Country was based on the book Class action: the story of Lois
Jensen and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law by
Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy (R) 1)
Witness the harassments experienced by the female miners (quid pro quo,
sexual, gender, physical violence, “humor”) 2) Record individual and group
diverse efforts to rectify "the hostile environment."
Sept. 6 North Country
3) Sept. 11 Reserve on-line readings since 2008: on
intersectionality, McCann, Introduction,
Oxy faculty member Erica Ball article of
2009,
Read
No Turning Back, Part II, chs. 3, 4, 5 “Historical Emergence of Feminism”
Bring xerox or scan and be prepared to
talk about an issue statistically analyzed in Penguin Atlas of Women’s Atlas of the World. (2 on reserve)
*Sept 13 Paper Proposal due with Topic, Primary
and Secondary Bibliography. Include some chapters from The Essential Feminist Reader and from reserve reading.
Lecture on Feminist
Liberalism cited patriarchy in Locke’s Second
Discourse on Government & U.S. Constitution, and liberal liberation
movement in following documents in The
Essential Feminist Reader: 9 Stanton, 11 Harriet Mill, 12 JS Mill & Harriet Mill,
Equal Rights Amendment http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/
Recommended film: The Suffragette. Analysis acceptable for extra credit, as for
guest lectures/events.
4) *Sept. 18 Pass in
revised paper proposal with divided bibliography or works cited. Necessary to hand
in hard copies at class or at office mailbox(not a correspondence course via
email) (Pick up comments on proposals placed outside Swan 314 Sept. 13)
Philosophical discussion of sex, gender, and
sexualities occurred in 5th-4th century Athens. Theories of Sex and Gender and Sexualities in
Plato and Aristotle Read on reserve
Horowitz, “Aristotle and Woman”
Aristotle’s influential “justification” of father’s rule over wife and
over “natural” slaves is in his Politics,
Bk. 1, parts 1-8. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html
Plato, Republic,
Book V proposes women among military guardians and philosopher-kings
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.6.v.html
Sept. 20
Student presentations of controversial issue
5) Sept. 25 McCann and Seung-kyung “introduction”
of 2016, McCann, ch. 18 “Re-thinking
Intersectionality”
Presentations of controversial issue.
*Sept. 27
Paper 1 Due in 2 copies. Workshop on papers. Introduce Black Feminist readings for next
Tues.
10 Black Women's Rights Activists Who Have Changed The
Face Of ...
6) Oct. 2 Bring your 2nd copy of
your paper; marked papers will be returned.
Discuss Speaker
on Mon. Oct. l Thorne, ll:30: Margo Okazawa- “A Black Feminist Statement." No. 48 in class book The Essential Feminist Reader , Also on Afro-American
feminists in Essential Feminist
Reader no. 10 Sojourner Truth, no. 18 Anna Cooper, no. 4l Pauli Murray.
Freedman, No Turning
Back, Part IV Politics of Health and Sexuality. In Essential
Feminism, Margaret Sanger no. 31.
Oct. 4 You may pass in
your paper again with improved bibliography & notation indicating page of a
quote, and improved paragraphing if needed. Lecture on Feminism of working
women...to Feminist Socialism. Recall North Country. Review No
Turning Back, pp. 3-4, 22-23, 58-64, 106, 171-75 References to Essential Feminist Reader: no. 26 Ramírez, Akiko, Oppenheim; No. 16 Engels; no. 25 Alexandra
Kollontai; no. 44 Mariarosa Dalla
Costa “A General Strike”
7) Fall Break
- No Turning Back, part I
Before Feminism, ch. 2 “Gender and Power” (a global
pre-modern chapter)
Oct. 9 No Turning Back, Part V Feminist Visions
and Strategies chs. 13, 14.
Oct. 11 1970s: reading nos. 41-50 in Essential Feminist Reader Review for Mid-term. Sign-ups for reports Tues.
on intersectionality readings.
8) Tues.
Oct. 16 Individual reports on reserve readings on intersectionality.
Thurs.
Oct. 18 Mid-term Essay Exam confirmed for typing in OMac
Lab, glass enclosure in basement of Academic Commons All of No Turning Back, assigned other readings, classwork.
UNIT 2: Shift within early modern times from
arguing about woman’s nature to arguing for equal rights and equal
opportunities. Contemporary working for intersectional
collaboration of multiple movements for the locally disadvantaged. “Occidental College Policy prohibits discrimination and
harassment on the basis of protected class: race, color, national origin,
ancestry, age, religious belief, marital status, physical or mental disability,
medical condition, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by
federal, state, or local law.”
9)
Oct. 23 Lerner, Creation of Feminism, chs. 1,12 (first
and last chapters), 2, 3, 6 and Grimké, no. 7 in The
Essential Feminist Reader
Film shown on changes in
a few decades.
Oct. 25 Thursday, please bring to class 2 books from the
series edited by Margaret King Other voice in early modern Europe or
other TEXTS by women advocating the advancement of women preferably from the
pre-modern period. We are gathering our 2 primary sources for paper 2, a
history of 2 pre-modern women. Comparison and contrast provides a format; a definitive
commitment is on Nov. 8.
10) Oct. 30 Lerner, Creation of Feminism, chs. 7, 8, 9;
Christine de Pizan, “The Book of the City of Ladies” ch. 1 in The
Essentialist Feminist Reader; Marie
de Gournay “Equality of Men and Women” on electronic
reserve
Nov. 1 80s readings, nos. 51-57 in Essential Feminist Reader
Classroom
View together Film: The Hunting Ground Take
notes as a witness to testimony. How does one avoid unwitnessed violent events?
Nov.
6 Lerner, Creation of Feminism, chs. 10-11. The Essentialist Feminist Reader, Poullain de la Barre, no. 2; Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, no.
5. Workshop in Academic Commons-checking
out a feminist book in series “The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe,” examining
encyclopedias, and exploring H section of stacks
Nov. 8 * Paper 2
abstract and bibliography due. Bring 2 primary sources to class to discuss
your proposal. Special event: Guest
speaker Dr. Melissa Moreton on “Nuns and Book Arts in Renaissance Florence”
UNIT 3: Empathetic understanding
of contrast in choices for women living
in a peace zone versus a war zone: change can happen suddenly in home, schools,
work places, & public spaces.
11) Nov. 13 Return of paper 2 plan. 90s Readings
58-62 in Essential Feminist Reader and electronic reserve
1990s: Angela Davis and Uma Narayan.
Moodle: “Women’s Rights
Documents on-line” has additional documents, as well as Hilary Clinton’s coining of “Women’s Rights
are Human Rights” in 1995 at UN 4th Conference on Women and other
documents of UN:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hillaryclintonbeijingspeech.htm
Nov.
15 Meet in
Special Collections of the Academic Commons. Read Eclipsed.
Nov. 20 Bring Eclipsed 2000s Readings 63, 64 in Essential Feminist Reader and Reserve
Electronic Reading: Serano, “Trans woman
Manifesto” Start
class oral rendition of the play Eclipsed.
12) *Tues. Nov.
20 Paper Due in 2 copies, comparing and contrasting feminist issues in
the writings of two authors from a specific historical and cultural context
that interests you. Paper Workshop (some papers may go on
reserve with author’s permission)
Review of readings since hour exam.
Thanksgiving Finish reading Eclipsed.
13) Nov. 27
Bring Eclipsed Class oral rendition of the play
Nov. 29 Hoping to return papers.
14) Dec.
4 Bring Eclipsed. Evaluations.
Recommended introductory articles with
bibliographies for further research:
New Dictionary of the
History of Ideas, ed.
Maryanne C. Horowitz (on-line through OASYS, hardcopy volumes at
CB9 N49 2005 6 vols at Main Floor
Reference Be sure to cite author and give page
numbers in NDHI Each article has a bibliography. "Machismo,"
"Mestizaje," "Identity,
Multiple, Overview," "Identity Multiple: Asian-American,"
Identity Multiple: Jewish," "Women's Studies," "Feminism:
Overview," "Feminisms: Africa and African Diaspora,"
"Feminism: Chicana Feminisms," "Feminism: Islamic
Feminism," "Feminism: Third World U.S. Movement" "Womanism," "Anti-Feminism" "Family
Planning," "Sexual Harassment" "Human Rights/Women's
Rights" "Philosophies Feminist, Twentieth Century,"
"Equality: Gender Equality," "Sexuality: Overview,"
"Sexuality: Islamic Views," "Sexuality: Sexual
Orientation, "Gender: Overview," "Gender: Gender in the
Middle East," "Gender Studies," "Gender, History
of," "Gay Studies,""QueerTheory,"
"Women and Femininity in U.S. Popular Culture," and "Men and
Masculinity."
Recommended: See
Reference section HQ1111-HQ1904.
GenderWatch (ProQuest)
Full-text database of
articles reports, pamphlets, papers and conference proceedings devoted to
women's and gender issues.
POLICIES in Hist. 237
Essay
Examinations: Medical note required for taking a makeup exam.
Missed Class: For
any class missed (whether medical note or not), try to pass in by the Tuesday
following the missed class your reading notes of readings discussed that day.
The purpose is to keep up with the class.
Computers are
encouraged in class for reference to an e-book or e-article or for
note-taking, but for no other activities such as messaging, emailing, or
browsing.
POLICIES:
This Class Policies: Medical note
required to miss exam or panel presentation. Paper preparation is long term
with expectation of early drafts and later improvements; therefore paper-as-is
must be passed in at paper deadline even if medical note allows a time
extension for final draft. Full attendance expected. Computers
during class are only for note-taking and for looking at websites of this
class.
The Writing Center (located on the Ground Floor of the
Academic Commons) offers students from all disciplines two types of support to
work on their writing: peer-to-peer, drop-in consultations with knowledgeable
Writing Advisers, Sunday through Thursday from 7:00-11:00 p.m., and
appointments with Faculty Writing Specialists from the Writing and Rhetoric
department. Remember to bring your class paper assignment and your drafts to an
appointment. Information about the Writing Center and a link to the
appointment system is on the WC
website: https://www.oxy.edu/writing-center.
College Policy on Academic Honesty: Current policy at http://www.oxy.edu/student-handbook/academic-ethics/academic-ethics.
This class helps prevent plagiarism by teaching you how to note either quoted
or summarized in Endnotes, and Primary and Secondary Source Bibliographies in
M.L.A. or University of Chicago Style (See guidebook by Turabian or Hacker). It is appropriate to bring
an early draft of your paper to faculty office hours to discuss whether you are
properly putting reading into your own words and putting quotation marks when
borrowing phrases, and whether you are making notation for both your summaries
and your quotations.
College Policy on Disabilities: Students with documented disabilities
who are registered with Disability Services are required to present their
accommodation letter to the instructor at the beginning of each semester or as
soon as possible thereafter. Any student who experiences significant physical
or mental impairments may contact Disability Services at (323) 259-2969 to
learn about available services and support. More information is available
at
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It is important for you
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misconduct. That means that I cannot keep information about sexual misconduct
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Marianne Frapwell, the Survivor Advocate, can advise you
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The sexual misconduct
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