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.
English proficiency equivalent to English A from Swedish Upper secondary education.
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
Valid from: 2022 week 50
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