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

Introduction - The Feminist Problem with Class : In: Class questions, feminist answers
Acker Joan
Lanham, Mdb Rowman &Littlefield ,c 2006 : Rowman &Littlefield : 2006 : 219 s. :
ISBN: 0-7425-4630-6 (hft.)
Obligatorisk
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Läsanvisning: pp 15-44.

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

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

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

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

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

The Feminist Standpoint. Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism.
Hartsock Nancy C.
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

Feminism unmodified : discourses on life and law
MacKinnon Catharine A.
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.

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

Under western eyes. Feminist scholarship and colonial discourses.
Mohanty Chandra Talpade
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.

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

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

Module 2

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

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

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

Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of colour
Crenshaw Kimberlé Williams
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Space, place and gender.
Massey Doreen
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

'I Really Felt White': Turning Points in Whiteness Through Interracial Contact : I: Social Identities Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
Mckinney Karyn D.
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

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

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

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

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

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

Reference literature

Introduction - The Feminist Problem with Class : In: Class questions, feminist answers
Acker Joan
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

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

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

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