CSP 19: Gender, Race and Gay Rights in
the Obama Era
Fall 2009
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignments |
| Week 1 | |||
| Week 1 Wed. Sep. 2 |
Course Introduction | ||
| Fri. Sep. 4 | MANDATORY Michael Shermer talk in Thorne Hall "Why Darwin Matters" | Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life by Adam Gopnik | Fill out the (entry)
student survey online before 5pm Fri Sep 4.
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| Week 2 | |||
| Mon. Sep. 7 | Labor Day Holiday. No Class. |
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| Wed. Sep. 9 | CSP19 Lab Day: Getting Started. We will be introduced to Twitter, Google Sites and blogging platforms. Guests: Jay Yip and Nick Velkavrh from the Center for Digital Learning & Research | You should have created
Twitter and
Facebook accounts and
logged into your Google account to make sure you know all the passwords at
least ONCE before class. Begin Writing Assignment #1. |
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| Fri. Sep. 11 | Introduction to Critical Reading, Critical Thinking | "Free Papers" by Wideman. | |
| SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING IDENTITY: INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, RACE & SEXUALITY | |||
| Week 3 | |||
| Mon. Sep. 14 | Race is a social construct. |
“The
Social Construction of Race” by Haney López
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| Wed. Sep. 16 | Gender is a social construct. | “The Social Construction of Gender” by Lorber |
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| Fri. Sep. 18 | CSP Lab Day #2: Film. (Buckmire out of town.) | Watch Ethnic Notions (Directed by Marlon Riggs) | Writing Assignment
#1 Due. Publish blog posts related to either (or both)
race and gender as social constructs. |
| Week 4 | |||
| Mon. Sep. 21 | Sex is a social construct. |
“The
Five Sexes” by Fausto-Sterling SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "Dueling Dualisms" by Fausto-Sterling "From bisexuality to intersexuality: Rethinking gender categories" by Drescher. |
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| Wed. Sep. 23 | Deconstructing the Binary, Part 1: Hybridity. | "La conciencia de la mestiza,” by Anzaldúa |
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| Fri. Sep. 25 | CSP Lab Day #3: Peer Review of Writing. | “Academic Writing, Section A2” by Hacker | First Version of Paper #1 are due at 11:30am. Bring two printed copies of your paper to class. |
| Week 5 | |||
| Mon. Sep. 28 | Deconstructing the Binary, Part 2: Intersectionality. |
"Mapping
the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against
women of color” by Crenshaw Williams
SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "A Hair Piece: Perspectives on the Intersection of Race and Gender" by Caldwell |
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| Wed. Sep. 30 |
MANDATORY Library Research Day. You will go to the Brown Room in the Library "First" Floor at 11:30 and meet with Roshin Mathew. |
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| Fri. Oct. 2 | CSP Lab Day #4: Basic Web Page Design. | Revised Version of Paper #1 is due by 11:30am by email to the professor. | |
| SECTION II: GAY RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA (END OF THE 20TH CENTURY) | |||
| Week 6 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 5 | The 1960s. |
"Stonewall
and the Birth of Gay and Lesbian Liberation” by Miller SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "The Strange Media Career of the Homosexual" by Fejes. |
Paper #2 prompt distributed. |
| Wed. Oct. 7 | The 1970s. | "The 1970s: The Times of Harvey Milk and Anita Bryant" by Miller | |
| Fri. Oct. 9 | CSP Lab Day #5: Basic Web Page Design, continued. Blogrolls. | ||
| Week 7 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 12 | The 1980s. | “The 1980s: The Age of AIDS” by Miller | |
| Wed. Oct. 14 | The 1990s. | “The Clinton Years.” By Miller | |
| Fri. Oct. 16 | CSP Lab Day #6: Thesis Workshop. | “Academic Writing, Section A2” by Hacker | |
| SECTION III: GENDER & SEXUALITY, LAW & MARRIAGE | |||
| Week 8 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 19 | Oxy Fall Break. No class. | ||
| Wed. Oct. 21 |
Introduction
to Constitutional Law. Eskridge & Hunter |
Constitutional Rights Summary
by Eskridge & Hunter, pp. xxxix-l (39-50: Section 1 and Section 2) United States Constitution (Amendments 1-10,14) |
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| Fri. Oct. 23 | Constitutional Law, continued: Quiz! | Final Version of Paper #2
is due at 11:30am in hardcopy form. Paper #3 prompt available. |
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| Week 9 | |||
| Mon. Oct. 26 | Race & Marriage. |
"Miscegenation
Law, Court Cases, and Ideologies of 'Race' in Twentieth-Century America."
By Pascoe Loving v. Virginia by Eskridge & Hunter |
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| Wed. Oct. 28 | Race & Marriage, continued | Loving v. Virginia by Eskridge & Hunter | Practice Midterm Exam. |
| Fri. Oct. 30 | Mid-Term Exam (on Section I and II) | The Mid-Term will be similar to the quizzes in class, with special emphasis on material from the readings of Section I and II. | |
| Week 10 | |||
| Mon Nov 2 | Gender & Marriage. |
Baehr v. Lewin
by Eskridge &
Hunter SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "Why Discrimination Against Lesbian and Gay men IS Sex Discrimination" by Koppelman "When Is A Man a Man, and When is a Woman a Woman?" by Greenberg |
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| Wed. Nov. 4 | Marriage & Citizenship. |
"Injustice For All?" by
Cott SUPPLEMENTAL READING:
"Introduction"
and “Marriage
Revised and Revived” By Cott |
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| Fri. Nov. 6 | History of Same-Sex Marriage. |
"A History of
Same-Sex Marriage"
by Eskridge
SUPPLEMENTAL READING: "The Constitutional Case: Discrimination" by Eskridge |
You should have your THESIS finalized by today. Bring copy of thesis with topic sentences to class. |
| Week 11 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 9 | Marriage Equality: Pro & Con. |
"Goodridge
v.Dept. of Public Health” By Eskridge & Hunter. "'A Painful Process of Waiting'" by Cox.
SUPPLEMENTAL READING: |
Drafts of paper #3 complete by today. |
| Wed. Nov. 11 | Marriage Equality: Pro & Con, continued. |
"Hernandez
v. Robles” By Eskridge & Hunter "In re Marriage Cases" by Eskridge & Hunter SUPPLEMENTAL READING:
Lewis v.
Harris
(New Jersey, 2005) |
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| Fri. Nov. 13 | Why Same Sex Marriage?: The Internal Community Debate |
"Since
When Is Marriage A Path To Liberation?" by Ettelbrick “The Courts, Gay Marriage, and the Popular Will.” by Frum "For Better or Worse."by Rauch |
Final Version of Paper #3 is due
by email by 11:30am. Begin Paper #4. |
| SECTION IV: GAY RIGHTS IN THE OBAMA ERA (TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY) | |||
| Week 12 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 16 | Buckmire out of town. | ||
| Wed. Nov. 18 | California's Proposition 8. | ||
| Fri. Nov. 20 | California's Proposition 8, continued. | Guest Speaker: Regina Clemente (Oxy Alum), Director of Vote For Equality | |
| Week 13 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 23 | CSP Lab Day #7. (with Jay Yip) | RSS Feeds. Social Bookmarking, like Del.icio.us. GoogleDocs. | NOTE: Paper #4 due
by email Tuesday November 24th at 5pm BEFORE Thanksgiving Break. Final Assignment available. |
| Wed. Nov. 25 | Thanksgiving Break. No Class. | ||
| Fri. Nov. 27 | Thanksgiving Break. No Class. | ||
| Week 14 | |||
| Mon. Nov. 30 | Modern Controversies in Gay Rights. | Students select topics for discussion. | Final Paper Assignment distributed in class. |
| Wed. Dec. 2 | Modern Controversies in Gay Rights, continued. | Guest Speaker: Tara Borrelli, Lambda Legal | |
| Fri. Dec. 4 | Modern Controversies in Gay Rights, continued. | Students select topics for discussion. | |
| Week 15 | |||
| Mon. Dec. 7 | CSP Lab Day #8. | We'11 be reading each others essays online and posting comments | Online Version of Final Paper due in class at 11:30am and published to web. |
| Wed. Dec. 9 | Last day of Class! | Comments on Final Paper complete by 5pm. Hand-in Hard Copy versions of Final Paper. |
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