Overview (& Media)
 
 

Class Number / Date / Topic / Assignment

1.  9/24: Introduction: WHAT IS FEMINIST STUDIES?

2.  9/29: THEORIES OF NATURE AND CULTURE
Web Site Recommended:  Socialization
3.  10/1: TRADITION AND COLONIALISM
Required Film:  Small Happiness on reserve

II.  The Emergence of Western Feminist Theory and Practice

4.  10/6: THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN AND THE LIBERATION OF
    WOMEN: LIBERAL, RADICAL, AND SOCIALIST FEMINISMS
5.  10/8: GENDER AND RACE IN "FIRST AND SECOND WAVE"
    U.S. FEMINISMS
WWW Required:  Chicana Feminisms Homepage
6.  10/13:  GLOBAL FEMINISMS
 WWW Required:  Beijing '95,  3rd World Women; browse in Global Feminism
7.  10/15:  RESISTANCE, ALLIANCES, AND COALITIONS

8.  10/20:  THE FAMILY ECONOMY AND TRADITIONAL
                 WOMEN'S WORK
9.  10/22:  THE TRANSITION TO WAGE LABOR
WWW Required:  Guerrilla Girls on work;  Working Women Data
 Recommended Film:  Rosie the Riveter on reserve
10.  10/27:  THE GLOBAL ECONOMY:
                    WAGE LABOR AND SEXUAL LABOR
 Required Film:  The Global Assembly Line on reserve
11.  10/29:  SOCIAL POLICIES AND SOCIAL WELFARE
 WWW Required:  Prison Data

IV. Contemporary Issues II: Sexuality and Health

12.  11/3:  WHOSE BODY?  I -- HEALTH, FOOD, AND BEAUTY
 WWW Required:  Fat Girls
 Web Site Recommended:  The Yellow Wallpaper Site
13. 11/5:  WHOSE BODY? II -- MEDIA AND MEDICINE
 In Class Films:  Mirror Mirror and Still Killing Us Softly
14. 11/10: REPRODUCTION
Web Sites Recommended:  Reproductive Choices and
Sterilization Abuse
15.  11/12:  SEXUALITIES
Required Film:  Choosing Children on reserve
16.  11/17:  SEX AND VIOLENCE I -- RAPE AND HARASSMENT
17.  11/19:  SEX AND VIOLENCE II --
                    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE
WWW Required:  Facts on Domestic Violence and
Domestic Violence Data
Web Site Recommended:  Violence Against Women

 18.  11/24:  MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE:
                     WAR, PEACE, SPIRITUALITY
WWW Required:  Sylvia

19. 11/26:  LANGUAGE AND CREATIVITY I
                   -- Speech, Sound and Imagination
Required Film:  Voices from Inside on reserve
20.  12/1:  LANGUAGE AND CREATIVITY II
                   -- Utopian and Dystopian Visions
 WWW Required:  Art Data, Feminist Bookstores, Guerrilla Girls
 Web Site Recommended:  Feminist Science Fiction
21.  12/3:  POLITICS AND EDUCATION
Web Site Recommended:  South Asian Women's Network