PSCI 3303
Feminist Political Theory
Introduction to feminist philosophical responses to sexism, taking into consideration the different waves of feminist discourse. Topics may include the concept of gender; women's diversity and its implications; `intersectionality'; gender, capitalism and the family; and new approaches to feminist knowledge and feminist agency.
2021
Topics
- Introduction
- Canon Fodder: Feminist Theory and Political Theory
- Conceptualizing Gender I: Feminist Theory on Labour
- Conceptualizing Gender II: Women as a Category?
- Constructing Difference: Race
- Intersectionality
- Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, Native Feminisms
Readings
- Syllabus 2 January 18 Canon Fodder: Feminist Theory and Political Theory Weiss, Penny A. “The Politics of the Canon: Gatekeepers and Gate-Crashers.” In Canon Fodder: Historical Women
- Political Thinkers, 3–29. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009.
- Dedication & Introduction. (~10 pages) Total: ~35 pages 3 January 25 Conceptualizing Gender I: Feminist Theory on Labour Kuhn, Annette, and Annmarie Wolpe. “Feminism and
- materialism.” In Feminism and Materialism Women and Modes of Production, 1-10. Taylor and Francis, 2013.
- Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar. “The International Division of Reproductive Labor.” In Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work, 28–52. Stanford, California:
- Stanford University Press, 2001.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing. Lectures three hours a week.