Gender, nation and migration, 7.5 credits
Contents
The following course will explore a selection of theoretical works and case studies on the many ways in which the discourses and practices of nations and migrations are gendered. In line with a long tradition within gender studies the course will concentrate on geopolitical and national(ist) discourses on:
1) borders, migration, and citizenship
2) gender, sexuality, and subjectivity
Within the framework of this course a special focus will be given to feminist perspectives on borders as well as the intersections of nation, race, and reproduction.
These themes will be explored through texts, lectures, seminars, group work, and individual written assignments.
Expected learning outcomes
Having completed this course, the students are expected to have the ability to:
Knowledge and understanding:
- understand and explain feminist theories on nation and migration.
- comprehend the different theoretical positions presented during the course.
Skills and abilities:
- be able to identify, describe and relate critically to intersections of nation, gender, and migration.
- independently apply relevant theories on empirical or theoretical problems within the field.
Judgement and approach:
- present independent analyses related to central questions regarding nation, borders, and migration in feminist theorizing.
Required Knowledge
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.
Proficiency in English equivalent to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.
Form of instruction
The course focuses on active learning, i.e. putting knowledge into practice and critically reflecting upon the knowledge. Different strategies for teaching and learning will be used, such as lectures, group discussions and various forms of individual and group exercises on selected topics. To pass the course the student is expected to actively participate in the seminars and to pass the final examination.
Examination modes
The studies are characterized by a high degree of independent and active search for knowledge, and critical reflection, both individually and in groups.
Examination takes place through fulfilment of two parts:
1) Mandatory assignments during the course as well as active participation in seminars.
2) Mandatory individual written assignment.
For part 1 the grades are Fail (U) or Pass (G). For part 2, as well as for the whole course, the grades are Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with Distinction (VG). The grade for the whole course in based on the examination of part 2. The whole course is not graded until part 1 is fulfilled.
Other regulations
Students have the right to apply to have a previous education or experience evaluated for transfer of credits. For more
information, see: https://www.umu.se/en/student/my-studies/transfer-of-credits/
Literature
Editorial: Why No Borders?
Anderson Bridget, Sharma Nandita, Wright Cynthia
Included in:
Refuge
[Toronto] :
Operation Lifeline :
1981]- :
Mandatory
Anzaldúa Gloria
Borderlands
: the new mestiza = la frontera
Fourth edition, 25th anniversary. :
San Francisco :
Aunt Lute Books :
c2012 :
300 p. :
ISBN: 978-1-879960-85-5
LIBRIS ID: 13477728
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
The Jewish writings
Arendt Hannah, Kohn Jerome, Feldman Ron H.
1. pbk. ed. :
New York :
Schocken Books :
cop. 2007 :
lxxvi, 559 s. :
ISBN: 9780805211948
LIBRIS ID: 10741129
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Luibhéid Eithne
'Introduction: Queering Migration and Citizenship'
Included in:
Queer migrations
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press :
2005 :
xlvi, 199 p. :
Mandatory
Mbembe Achille
Necropolitics
Included in:
Public culture
1999- :
Mandatory
Nagel Joane
Masculinity and Nationalism: Gender and Sexuality in the Making of Nations
Included in:
Ethnic and racial studies [Elektronisk resurs].
[London] :
Routledge :
1992- :
Mandatory
Puar Jasbir. K
Introduction: homonationalism and biopolitics
Included in:
Terrorist assemblages
Durham :
Duke University Press :
2007. :
1 online resource (xxviii, 335 pages) :
Mandatory
Theorizing Gender and Nation
Included in:
Gender & nation
London :
SAGE :
1997 :
1 online resource (x, 157 p.). :
Mandatory
Villegas Paloma E
Interlocking migrant illegalization with other markers of social location:
: The experiences of Mexican migrants moving and working in Toronto
Included in:
Women's studies international forum
Oxford :
Pergamon P. :
1982- :
Mandatory
Parenting the nation
: state violence and reproduction in Nicaragua and Sweden
Alm Erika, Berg Linda
Included in:
Struggles for reproductive justice in the era of anti-genderism and religious fundamentalism
LIBRIS ID: btg71lqw83nmlq19
Mandatory
Reading instructions: pp. 213-240
Gender, place and culture
: a journal of feminist geography
Abingdon :
Carfax Publ. Co. :
1994- :
http://search.epnet.comz Prenumeration krävs
ISSN: 0966-369X
LIBRIS ID: 3997050
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Castillo, Rocío
The (re)productive dimension of a gendered deportation regime and immigration enforcement in Texas
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/cdi_webofscience_primary_000695437600001
pp. 132-152
Refuge (Toronto. English edition).
LIBRIS ID: 3570284
ISSN: 0229-5113
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Fobear, Katherine
Queer Settlers: Questioning Settler Colonialism in LGBT Asylum Processes in Canada
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/cdi_gale_infotracgeneralonefile_A376392543
Sexualities
: studies in culture and society
LIBRIS ID: 4314860
ISSN: 1363-4607
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Kuntsman, A
The Soldier and the Terrorist: Sexy Nationalism, Queer Violence. Sexualities
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/cdi_webofscience_primary_000267253500021CitationCount
Sexualities
: studies in culture and society
LIBRIS ID: 4314860
ISSN: 1363-4607
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Shuman, A. and Bohmer, C
Gender and cultural silences in the political asylum process
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1692290349
Narodna umjetnost
Zagreb :
1962- :
LIBRIS ID: 3754554
ISSN: 0547-2504
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Yuval-Davis, Nira
Nationalist Projects and Gender Relations
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_37874505
Sexualities
: studies in culture and society
LIBRIS ID: 4314860
ISSN: 1363-4607
Mandatory
Reading instructions: Shakhsari, S
The queer time of death: Temporality, geopolitics, and refugee rights
https://search.ub.umu.se/permalink/46UMEA_INST/1l5esu/cdi_webofscience_primary_000344537700006CitationCount
Additional shorter texts may be added.
A conversation about the state in pandemic times
: Necropolitics and the legacy of social democracy in Sweden and Nicaragua
2022 :
Mandatory
Editorial: Why No Borders?
Anderson Bridget, Sharma Nandita, Wright Cynthia
Included in:
Refuge
[Toronto] :
Operation Lifeline :
1981]- :
26 :
5-18 pages
Mandatory
Anzaldúa Gloria
Borderlands
: the new mestiza = la frontera
Fourth edition, 25th anniversary. :
San Francisco :
Aunt Lute Books :
c2012 :
300 p. :
ISBN: 978-1-879960-85-5
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
The Jewish writings
Arendt Hannah, Kohn Jerome, Feldman Ron H.
1. pbk. ed. :
New York :
Schocken Books :
cop. 2007 :
lxxvi, 559 s. :
ISBN: 9780805211948
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Nationalism, religion, and abortion policy in four Catholic societies: Nationalism, religion, and abortion policy
Kozlowska Iga, Béland Daniel, Lecours André
Included in:
Nations and nationalism
Oxford :
Blackwell Publishers :
2001- :
22 :
824-844 pages
Mandatory
Luibhéid Eithne
'Introduction: Queering Migration and Citizenship'
Included in:
Queer migrations
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press :
2005 :
xlvi, 199 p. :
10-47 pages
Mandatory
Mbembe Achille
Necropolitics
Included in:
Public culture
1999- :
15 :
11-40 pages
Mandatory
Nagel Joane
Masculinity and Nationalism: Gender and Sexuality in the Making of Nations
Included in:
Ethnic and racial studies [Elektronisk resurs].
[London] :
Routledge :
1992- :
21 :
242-151 pages
Mandatory
Puar Jasbir. K
Introduction: homonationalism and biopolitics
Included in:
Terrorist assemblages
Durham :
Duke University Press :
2007. :
1 online resource (xxviii, 335 pages) :
Mandatory
Sager Maja
Constructions of deportability in Sweden.
: refused asylum seekers' experiences in relation to gender, family life, and reproduction
Included in:
Nora
London :
Taylor & Francis :
1998- :
Mandatory
Theorizing Gender and Nation
Included in:
Gender & nation
London :
SAGE :
1997 :
1 online resource (x, 157 p.). :
1-25 pages
Mandatory
Villegas Paloma E
Interlocking migrant illegalization with other markers of social location:
: The experiences of Mexican migrants moving and working in Toronto
Included in:
Women's studies international forum
Oxford :
Pergamon P. :
1982- :
48 :
185–193 pages
Mandatory
White Melissa Autumn
Documenting the undocumented:
: Toward a queer politics of no borders
Included in:
Sexualities
London :
Sage :
1999- :
17 :
976–997 pages
Mandatory
Wikström Hanna
Gender, Culture and Epistemic Injustice:
: The Institutional Logic in Assessment of Asylum Applications in Sweden
Included in:
Nordic journal of migration research
2011- :
210–218 pages
Mandatory