CSP 52 Race, Gender and Justice: Re-thinking Representation Spring 2002

Gender, Sexuality, Marriage & Citizenship
Spring 2002  

Date

Topic

 Reading

Assignments

Week 10
Mon. Mar. 25

The Language of Law, The Rhetoric of Rights

Constitutional Rights Summary
Eskridge & Hunter, pp. xxxix-l (39-50: Section 1 and Section 2)

Court Cases

"Bucks in Birth, Mammies in Marrow" assignment DUE in Colloquium at 11:30am
Wed. Mar. 27 Race & Marriage: Loving v. Virginia Pascoe, "Miscegenation Law..."

Eskridge & Hunter, pp. 795-799 (Loving v. Virginia)
Research Paper: 1 page with Research Question and List of Five (5) Requested Sources DUE in Colloquium at 11:30am.

 

Fri. Mar. 29    Online Colloquium
Read the online forums and post at least once.
 
Week 11
Mon Apr. 1
  Online Colloquium
Read the online forums and post at least once.

Wed. Apr. 3
The Social Construction of Gender and Sex Greenberg, "When Is a Man a Man, and When Is a Woman a Woman?"

Fausto-Sterling, "The Five Sexes"
Research Paper: 2 pages with Detailed Outline plus an Annotated Bibliography  DUE in Colloquium at 11:30am.

Begin "Social Construction of Gender" writing assignment.

Fri. Apr. 5 Gender & Marriage: Baehr v Lewin Cruz, "'Just Don't Call It Marriage'"

Eskridge & Hunter, pp. 799-816 (Baehr v. Lewin)
 
Week 12
Mon. Apr. 8
Gender/Sexuality/Race & Citizenship Cott, "Justice for All?"
Eskridge & Hunter, pp. 175-189 (Boutilier v. INS)
Haney López, "Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship"
  
Wed. Apr. 10 The Intersections of Sexuality and Sex Discrimination Eskridge, "The Constitutional Case: Discrimination"

Warner, "The Ethics of Sexual Shame"

"Social Construction of Gender" reflection DUE in colloquium.

Begin "Race and Gender and Marriage and Law" (Paper #3)

Fri. Apr. 12   Online Colloquium
Read the online forums and post at least once.
 
Week 13
Mon. Apr. 15
The Present & Future of Marriage Ettelbrick, "Since When Is Marriage A Path To Liberation?"
Frum,
"The Courts, Gay Marriage and the Popular Will"
Rauch,
"For Better Or Worse?"
 
Wed. Apr. 17 Marriage & Citizenship, Rights & Contracts Williams, "The Pain of Word Bondage," Alchemy of Race and Rights, 146-165   
Fri. Apr. 19 WORKING DAY    Bring full drafts of Paper #3 to Colloquium.
Week 14
Mon. Apr. 22

 

Course Wrap-up and Review Norindr, "'Coming Home' on the Fourth of July"
Paper #3,"Race and Gender and Marriage and Law"  DUE Today 11:30 a.m. in Colloquium.