Learning outcomes
The student is familiar with traditions of feminist theory, including classical texts from different time periods. The student understands the historical and political contents of Women's Studies.
Contents
The module gives an extended introduction to the theoretical traditions in Women's Studies.
Modes of study
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
Segal: Why Feminism? Columbia University Press 1999.
OR
Wharton: The Sociology of Gender. An Introduction to Theory and Research. Wiley-Blackwell 2004.
and
Butler: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge 1990.
OR
Sullivan: A critical introduction to queer theory. Edinburgh University Press 2003.
and two books in the following list
de Beauvoir: The Second Sex (1949). Vintage 1989.
Daly: Gyn/ecology. The metaethics of radical feminism. Women’ s Press 1979.
Firestone: The Dialectic of Sex. The case for feminist revolution. Cape 1971.
Friedan: The Feminine Mystique (1963). Penquin 1982.
Gilman: Women and Economics. (1898) Cosimo Classics 2006.
hooks: Feminist Theory from Margin to Center. South End Press 2000.
Lorde: Zami. The new spelling of my name. Crossing Press 1983.
Millett: Sexual Politics. Virago 1981.
Mill: The Subjection of Women. (1869). Dover Publications 1997.
Rich: Of Woman Born. Motherhood as Experience and Institution. Norton 1986.
Shiva & Mies: Ecofeminism. Zed Books 1993.
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