Swedish name: Genusvetenskap: Feministisk teori och intersektionell analys
This syllabus is valid: 2011-01-17 valid to 2011-03-13 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
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Course code: 2KC003
Credit points: 15
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Gender Studies: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Law: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS)
This course focuses on contemporary feminist theoretical debates and explores the complex relations and tensions between gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity and class. Through critical readings, central feminist theories will be scrutinized to see how they are able to theorize other power dimensions such as heteronormativity, racism, (post)colonialism and classism. The course is divided into two modules. The first module, Feminist theory encounters other critical theoretical fields (7,5 ECTS), opens with an introduction of feminist theory which puts questions of power, knowledge and subjectivity in focus. Then, in order to illustrate the potential of different feminist theories for doing intersectional analysis, feminist theory is connected to other critical theoretical fields. The other module, Intersectional analysis of power relations (7,5 ECTS), consists of a discussion on the concept of intersectionality followed by more specific discussions on the prospects of intersectional analysis in relation to three empirical fields of study; body, politics and place/space. The course takes its departure from central feminist theory texts and uses critical text analyses as a focus and methodology. Active participation by students in working seminars is vital to the successful completion of the course.
Module 1: Feminist theory encounters other critical theoretical fields (7,5 ECTS After the course the student shall - be able to independently identify, describe and relate critically to central divisions within feminist theory regarding the meanings of class, ethnicity/race and sexuality. - be able to, orally and in writing, present an independent analysis related to the central questions in the field of feminist theory and intersectional analysis. Module 2: Intersectional analysis of power relations (7,5 ECTS) After the course the student shall - have achieved comprehension of the different theoretical positions presented during the course and understand their consequences in relation to the intersectional analysis, and be able to apply these understandings in empirical analysis. - be able to contribute qualified analytical comments at seminars and chair a seminar discussion.
Requierements: To be admitted to the course applicants must have completed three semesters of full time studies, equivalent to 90 ECTS, of which at least 15 ECTS must be an independent project or four semesters of full time studies equivalent to 120 ECTS. English proficiency equivalent to IELTS Academic Training minimum score 5.0 with no individual score below 4.5 (Tests taken before January 2005 not admissible or TOEFL minimum score 500 on paper based test and not below 4.0 on the TWE, Alternatively 173 on computer based test with iBT61 is also required as well as basic entrance requirements for higher studies in Swedish language proficiency if the course is taught in Swedish.
Teaching is conducted through lectures and seminars. Major part of the scheduled lectures and seminars are compulsory, and students who are unable to participate may be given extra examination tasks. Emphasis is placed on students independent work.
The course will be examined successively through active participation in seminars, and through individual oral, and written examination. The examination of module 1 consists of a written assignment. The examination of module 2 consists of one oral and one written assignment in which the three themes; body, politics, and place/space, are linked to each other. For both modules and the course as a whole, the following grades are given: Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with distinction (VG). In order to be awarded Pass for the entire course, it is necessary that all examinations and all compulsory teaching sessions have been passed. In order to achieve Pass with distinction on the whole course, this grade is demanded at both modules. A re-sit examination can be offered at the earliest ten days and at the latest three months after publishing information about the first examination. One more examination will be offered within the next year. A student who has passed the examination is not eligible for a new examination to raise grades. The option of a re-examination based on the original course syllabus will be available for at least two years after a student registered for the course. All in all, a student is given five chances of fulfilling the course examination. A student has the right to change examiner after failing two examinations for a course module, unless there are strong arguments against this. Course diplomas will be issued within 60 days after a passed examination. Academic credit transfer This course cannot be credited for other courses in gender studies at Umeå University. A course with the same name (7,5 ECTS), given during Autumn 2006, can be given credits for in this course corresponding to 7,5 ECTS. For further information we recommend contact with the director of studies.
Acker Joan
Introduction - The Feminist Problem with Class : In: Class questions, feminist answers
Lanham, Mdb Rowman &Littlefield ,c 2006 : Rowman &Littlefield : 2006 : 219 s. :
ISBN: 0-7425-4630-6 (hft.)
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Brooks Ann
Postfeminisms : feminism, cultural theory, and cultural forms
London : Routledge : 1997 : 240 s. :
ISBN: 0-415-11474-8 (inb.)
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Butler Judith
Against proper objects
Included in:
Feminism meets queer theory
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana Univ. Press : cop. 1997 : 341 s.a (xiii, 341 s.) : pages pp 1-30 :
Butler Judith
Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire
Included in:
Gender trouble
New York ,a London : Routledge : 2006 : xxxvi, 236 s. : pages pp 3-33 :
Foucault Michel
We other Victorians” and "The repressive hypothesis"
Included in:
The history of sexuality.n Vol. 1,p The will to knowledge
Harmondsworth : Penguin : 1990 : 168 s. : pages 1-35 :
Hartmann Heidi
The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism. Towards a more progressive union
Included in:
The second wave
New York : Routledge : 1997 : 414 s. : pages 97-122 :
Hartsock Nancy C.
The Feminist Standpoint. Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism.
Included in:
The second wave
New York : Routledge : 1997 : 414 s. : pages 216-240 :
MacKinnon Catharine A.
Feminism unmodified : discourses on life and law
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press : cop. 1987 : 315 s. :
ISBN: 0-674-29873-X (inb.)
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MacKinnon Catharine A.
Toward a feminist theory of the state
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press : 1989 : 330 s. :
ISBN: 0-674-89645-9 (inb.)
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Mohanty Chandra Talpade
Under western eyes. Feminist scholarship and colonial discourses.
Included in:
Feminist review.
London,c 1979- : 1979- : pages 61-88 :
Is multiculturalism bad for women?
Okin Susan Moller, Cohen Joshua
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press : cop. 1999 : 146 s. :
ISBN: 0-691-00431-5 (inb.)
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Rubin Gayle
Thinking sex
Included in:
The Lesbian and gay studies reader
New York : Routledge : 1993 : 666 s. : pages 3-44 :
Skeggs Beverley
Formations of class and gender : becoming respectable
London : Sage : 1997 : 192 s. :
ISBN: 0-7619-5511-9 (inb.)
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Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty
Questions of multi-culturalism
Included in:
The post-colonial critic
New York : Routledge : 1990 : viii, 168 s. : pages 59-66 :
Ahmed Sara
'She'll Wake Up One of These Days and Find She's Turned into a Nigger'. Passing through Hybridity.
Included in:
Theory, culture & society.
London : Sage Publications : 1982- : pages pp 87-106. :
Anderson Bridget
Why Madam has so many bathrobes?: demand for migrant workers in the EU
Included in:
Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Rotterdam,c 1910- : 1910- : pages 18-26 :
Benhabib Seyla
"Feminism and Postmodernism" and "Subjectivity, Historiography, and Politics"
Included in:
Feminist contentions
New York : Routledge : 1995 : 176 s. :
Butler Judith
"Contingent Foundations" and "For a careful reading"
Included in:
Feminist contentions
New York : Routledge : 1995 : 176 s. :
Crenshaw Kimberlé Williams
Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of colour
Included in:
Critical race theory
New York : New Press : 1995 : 494 s. :
Fincher Ruth
Space, Gender and Institutions in Processes Creating Difference
Included in:
Gender, place and culture
Abingdon : Carfax Publ. Co. : 1994- : pages 5-27 :
Grosz Elizabeth
Bodies-Cities
Included in:
Sexuality & space
New York : Princeton Architectural Press : cop. 1992 : 389 s. : pages 241-255 :
Halberstam Judith
Queer temporality and postmodern geographies
Included in:
In a queer time and place
New York : New York University Press : 2005 : 213 s., [16] pl.-s. : pages 1-21 :
Hall Stuart
The spectacle of the 'other'.
Included in:
Representation
London : Sage : 1997 : 400 s. : ill. : pages pp. 223-279. :
Kern Leslie
In Place and At Home in the City: Connecting privilege, safety and belonging for women in Toronto.
Included in:
Gender, place and culture
Abingdon : Carfax Publ. Co. : 1994- : pages pp 357-377 :
Massey Doreen
Space, place and gender.
Oxford : Polity Press : 1994 : 280 s. : tab. :
ISBN: 0-7456-1236-9
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McClintock Anne
Introduction. Postcolonialism and the angel of progress.
Included in:
Imperial leather
London : Routledge : 1995 : xi, 449 s. : pages 3-17 :
Mckinney Karyn D.
'I Really Felt White': Turning Points in Whiteness Through Interracial Contact : I: Social Identities Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
2006 : pages pp. 167-185. :
Mouffe Chantal
On the political
London : Routledge : 2005 : 144 s. :
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024746.html
ISBN: 0-415-30521-7 (hft.)
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Skeggs Bewerly
The political rhetorics of class
Included in:
Class, self, culture
London : Routledge : 2004 [dvs. 2003] : 226 s. : pages 79-95 :
Staunæss Dorthe
Where have all the subjects gone?
Included in:
NORA
Stockholm : Taylor & Francis : 1993- : pages pp 101-110 :
Twine France Winddance
Brown skinned white girls : class, culture and the construction of white identity in suburban communities
Included in:
Gender, place and culture
Abingdon : Carfax Publ. Co. : 1994- : pages pp. 205-225. :
Young Iris Marion
Communication and the other. Beyond deliberative democracy
Included in:
Intersecting voices
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press : 1997 : 195 s. : pages 60-74 :
Yuval-Davis Nira
Intersectionality and feminist politics : I: European Journal of Women's Studies.
pages pp. 193-209. :
Acker Joan
Introduction - The Feminist Problem with Class : In: Class questions, feminist answers
Lanham, Mdb Rowman &Littlefield ,c 2006 : Rowman &Littlefield : 2006 : 219 s. :
ISBN: 0-7425-4630-6 (hft.)
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A companion to gender studies
Essed Philomena, Goldberg David Theo., Kobayashi Audrey Lynn
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub. : 2005 : 561 s. :
ISBN: 0-631-22109-3 (alk. paper)
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Sawicki Jana
Feminism, Foucault, and ´Subjects´ of Power and Freedom
Included in:
Feminist interpretations of Michel Foucault
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State Univ. Press : cop. 1996 : ix, 320 s. : pages 159-178 :