Kursplan, Genusvetenskap: Feministisk teori och intersektionell analys, 2011-01-17

Innehåll

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.

Förväntade studieresultat

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.

Behörighetskrav

Univ:90 hp varav minst 15 hp ska vara självständigt arbete, alternativt minst 120 hp. Dessutom krävs En A och svenska för grundläggande behörighet för högskolestudier (om kursen ges på svenska).

Undervisningens upplägg

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.

Examination

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.

Litteratur

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Module 1

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.)
Obligatorisk
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
Läsanvisning: pp 15-44.

Brooks Ann
Postfeminisms : feminism, cultural theory, and cultural forms
London : Routledge : 1997 : 240 s. :
ISBN: 0-415-11474-8 (inb.)
Obligatorisk
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
Läsanvisning: pp 1-68. (The rest of the book is reference literature.)

Butler Judith
Against proper objects
Ingår i:
Feminism meets queer theory
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana Univ. Press : cop. 1997 : 341 s.a (xiii, 341 s.) : pp 1-30 sid.
Obligatorisk

Butler Judith
Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire
Ingår i:
Gender trouble
New York ,a London : Routledge : 2006 : xxxvi, 236 s. : pp 3-33 sid.
Obligatorisk

Foucault Michel
We other Victorians” and "The repressive hypothesis"
Ingår i:
The history of sexuality.n Vol. 1,p The will to knowledge
Harmondsworth : Penguin : 1990 : 168 s. : 1-35 sid.
Obligatorisk

Hartmann Heidi
The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism. Towards a more progressive union
Ingår i:
The second wave
New York : Routledge : 1997 : 414 s. : 97-122 sid.
Obligatorisk

Hartsock Nancy C.
The Feminist Standpoint. Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism.
Ingår i:
The second wave
New York : Routledge : 1997 : 414 s. : 216-240 sid.
Obligatorisk

Feminist postcolonial theory : a reader
Lewis Reina, Mills Sara
Edinburgh : Edinburgh Univ. Press : cop. 2003 : xi, 754 s. :
ISBN: 0-7486-1349-8 (hft.)
Obligatorisk
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Läsanvisning: Introduction, pp. 1-21

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.)
Obligatorisk
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Läsanvisning: pp 1-17, 32-69.

MacKinnon Catharine A.
Toward a feminist theory of the state
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press : 1989 : 330 s. :
ISBN: 0-674-89645-9 (inb.)
Obligatorisk
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Läsanvisning: pp 126-154.

Mohanty Chandra Talpade
Under western eyes. Feminist scholarship and colonial discourses.
Ingår i:
Feminist review.
London,c 1979- : 1979- : 61-88 sid.
Obligatorisk

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.)
Obligatorisk
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Läsanvisning: pp 9-24 and responses by Saskia Sassen and Homi Bhabha, pp 76-84.

Rubin Gayle
Thinking sex
Ingår i:
The Lesbian and gay studies reader
New York : Routledge : 1993 : 666 s. : 3-44 sid.
Obligatorisk

Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty
Questions of multi-culturalism
Ingår i:
The post-colonial critic
New York : Routledge : 1990 : viii, 168 s. : 59-66 sid.
Obligatorisk

Module 2

Ahmed Sara
'She'll Wake Up One of These Days and Find She's Turned into a Nigger'. Passing through Hybridity.
Ingår i:
Theory, culture & society.
London : Sage Publications : 1982- : pp 87-106. sid.
Obligatorisk

Anderson Bridget
Why Madam has so many bathrobes?: demand for migrant workers in the EU
Ingår i:
Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Rotterdam,c 1910- : 1910- : 18-26 sid.
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: (Available on line)

Butler Judith
The question of social transformation
Ingår i:
Undoing gender
New York : Routledge : cop. 2004 : viii, 273 s. :
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: pp. 1-21

Crenshaw Kimberlé Williams
Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of colour
Ingår i:
Critical race theory
New York : New Press : 1995 : 494 s. :
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: pp 357-384 or Stanford Law Review, Vol. 43, No.6 (Jul., 1991), pp. 1241-1299.

Fincher Ruth
Space, Gender and Institutions in Processes Creating Difference
Ingår i:
Gender, place and culture
Abingdon : Carfax Publ. Co. : 1994- : 5-27 sid.
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: (Available on line)

Grosz Elizabeth
Bodies-Cities
Ingår i:
Sexuality & space
New York : Princeton Architectural Press : cop. 1992 : 389 s. : 241-255 sid.
Obligatorisk

Halberstam Judith
Queer temporality and postmodern geographies
Ingår i:
In a queer time and place
New York : New York University Press : 2005 : 213 s., [16] pl.-s. : 1-21 sid.
Obligatorisk

Hall Stuart
The spectacle of the 'other'.
Ingår i:
Representation
London : Sage : 1997 : 400 s. : ill. : pp. 223-279. sid.
Obligatorisk

Honkanen Kattis
Equality politics out of the subaltern
Ingår i:
Critical studies of gender equalities
Göteborg ;a Stockholm : Makadam : 2008 : 223 s. :
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: pp. 205-217

Kern Leslie
In Place and At Home in the City: Connecting privilege, safety and belonging for women in Toronto.
Ingår i:
Gender, place and culture
Abingdon : Carfax Publ. Co. : 1994- : pp 357-377 sid.
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: (Available on line).

Keskinen Suvi
Honour related violence and Nordic Nation-Building
Ingår i:
Complying with colonialism
Aldershot : Ashgate : 2009 : 276 s. :
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: pp. 257-272

Massey Doreen
Space, place and gender.
Oxford : Polity Press : 1994 : 280 s. : tab. :
ISBN: 0-7456-1236-9
Obligatorisk
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Läsanvisning: pp 1-16, 175-211, 249-272.

Crowning miss Sweden. National constructions of White femininity
Mattsson Katarina, Pettersson Katarina
Nora, Nordic Journal of Women's Studies : 2007 :
Länk till artikel
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: Vol. 15, no 4, pp. 233-245

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 : pp. 167-185. sid.
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: Nr. 2, Vol. 12, pp. 167-185.

Introduction: Postcolonialism and the Nordic Models of Welfare and gender.
Mulinari Diana, et al
Ingår i:
Complying with colonialism
Aldershot : Ashgate : 2009 : 276 s. :
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: pp. 1-18

Raevaara Eeva
In the land of equality?
Ingår i:
Critical studies of gender equalities
Göteborg ;a Stockholm : Makadam : 2008 : 223 s. :
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: pp. 48-69

Staunæss Dorthe
Where have all the subjects gone?
Ingår i:
NORA
Stockholm : Taylor & Francis : 1993- : pp 101-110 sid.
Obligatorisk

Twine France Winddance
Brown skinned white girls : class, culture and the construction of white identity in suburban communities
Ingår i:
Gender, place and culture
Abingdon : Carfax Publ. Co. : 1994- : pp. 205-225. sid.
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: (Available on line)

Young Iris Marion
Communication and the other. Beyond deliberative democracy
Ingår i:
Intersecting voices
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press : 1997 : 195 s. : 60-74 sid.
Obligatorisk

Yuval-Davis Nira
Intersectionality and feminist politics : I: European Journal of Women's Studies.
pp. 193-209. sid.
Obligatorisk
Läsanvisning: (Available on line)

Reference literature

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.)
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst

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)
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst

Sawicki Jana
Feminism, Foucault, and ´Subjects´ of Power and Freedom
Ingår i:
Feminist interpretations of Michel Foucault
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State Univ. Press : cop. 1996 : ix, 320 s. : 159-178 sid.

Skeggs Beverley
Formations of class and gender : becoming respectable
London : Sage : 1997 : 192 s. :
ISBN: 0-7619-5511-9 (inb.)
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst

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