SOCI 4105
Soc. 4105 YAO: Women and Sociological Theory
Fall 2016
Topics
- often neglected contributors such as Harriet Martineau, Jane Addams, Charlotte
- Perkins-Gilman, Anna Julia Cooper and Marianne Weber. In the second semester, we
- contributions of diverse contemporary feminist thinkers to debates on gender, race
- class, indigeneity and globalization
- discussion. Small group presentations
Readings
- Required: Lengermann, Patricia Madoo and Gillian Niebrugge (2006) The Women Founders. Sociology and Social Theory, 1830-1930. A Text/Reader. (Long Grove: Waveland Press).
- (2004) “’Why Don’t I Know about These Women?’ The Integration of Early Women Sociologists in Classical Theory Courses.” Teaching Sociology 32:252-259. [e-journal LU library website]
- Witz, Anne and Barbara Marshall, “The Masculinity of the Social” (2004) in Engendering the Social. Feminist Encounters with Sociological Theory. Maidenhead: Open University Press, pp. 19-35.
Sources
- syllabus ↗Fall 2016
- Course source ↗
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.