Spring 2003 T/H 1:05-2:20 HA 261
Prof. Larysa Mykyta
Room 219 1911 Building
515-9314; lamfll@unity.ncsu.edu
office hours: T/H 11:00-12:00 and by apt.

January 09 Introduction - Feminist inquiry across the disciplines.
Historico-cultural contexts of feminism in the United States and
France.
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January 14 Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center:Prefaces, Chaps. 1-4.

January 16 Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center: Chaps. 5-8.
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January 21 HOLIDAY

January 23 Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center: Chaps. 9-12.
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January 28 The Second Shift: Preface, Chaps. 1-6.

January 30 The Second Shift: Chaps. 7-12.
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February 04 The Second Shift: Chaps. 13-17. SHORT PAPER DUE

February 06 Barbara Riseman, Gender Vertigo, (1998) Chap. 5.
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February 11 Barbara Riseman, Gender Vertigo, (1998) Chap. 7.

February 13 Victoria E. Spelman, "Woman as Body," pp. 109-31 in Feminist
Studies, Vol. 8, No., 1 (1982).
Take-Home Exam distributed
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February 18 Adrienne Rich, "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence,"
(1980) pp. 23-75 in Blood, Bread and Poetry; Selected Prose 1979
-1985 (1986).

February 20 Continued discussion of Rich's article

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February 25 Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Preface, Intro, Chap. 2.
Take-Home Mid-Term Due

February 27 Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Chaps. 3,4.
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March 04 Lecture on Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Chaps. 5,6,7.

March 06 Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Chap. 8

March 11 & 13 Spring Break
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March 18 Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Chap. 9.

March 20 Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Chap. 10, Conclusion

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March 25 Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Chap. 11, Conclusion

March 27 Concluding discussion of Harding's text
Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Chap. 1.
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April 01 Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Chaps. 2-5.

April 03 Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Chaps. 6-Conclusion.
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April 08 Mab Segrest, Born to Belonging, (2002) Chap. 1.

April 10 The Handmaid's Tale
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April 15 The Handmaid's Tale

April 17 Holiday
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April 22 The Handmaid's Tale (movie)

April 24 The Handmaid's Tale (movie)
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April 29 Research Papers Due: Presentations

May 01 Presentations; Conclusion and Review
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Final Exam

Required Reading

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale. Newest edition.

Cynthia Enloe, Bananas, Beaches and Bases. Univ.of Calif. Press, (1989)

Sandra Harding, Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Cornell University Press, 1991.

Arlie Hochschild, (with Anne Machung), The Second Shift. Viking/Penquin, 1980.

bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. South End Press, (second
edition, 2000).
Selected articles and other materials on reserve at D.H.Hill Library.

Course Description and Objectives

This course will explore a variety of feminist textual practices within various desciplines while dealing extensively with a small munber of significant works that have shaped the development and direcations of modernfeminism or are considered representative in their field. While discussing feminist works in the fields of sociology, philosophy, psychology, literature and cultural studies, to name but a few, we will address problems of inequality, exuality, gendr definition, sex-determined role assignment, mothering and others, to show the dynamics of patriarchal and sexist practices and how such practices can be changed.

Course Format and Requirements:

Class sessions will be comprised of a mixture of lectures and discussions of the texts. Regular attendance is obligatory. After two unexcused absences a drop in grade will result. All missed work must be made up within a reasonable time. Assignments handed in late without discussion with professor will be penalized by a drop in grade depending on lateness. Only hard copies of assignments will be accepted, that is, you may not hand in assignments via email or the Internet.
Each student will be assigned: --
an oral report of 10-15 minutes on an article related to the issues and texts dealt with in class (10%),--
a three to five page analytical paper on a topic assigned by the instructor (15%),--
a research paper (12 -15 pages) on a topic of the student's choice (25%).--
mid-term (15%), --
take-home final (20%).
Evaluation of classroom discussion and participation will comprise the remaining 15% of the grade and will be partially based on a one page typewritten "analysis/discussion" of each reading assignment. (Please make two copies of each of these "papers" - one to hand in after each class session and one to keep.)

This course will honor NC State policies on working with students with disabilities: http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/provost/info/hat/current/appendix/appen_ k.html
Academic Integrity statement: Every student in this class is expected to adhere to the honor pledge every time they sign an exam or assignment. Honor Pledge: I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on the text or assignment. Definitions of plaigarism and academic dishonesty are found at http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/ncsulegal/41.03 - code of .htm or The Handbook of Advising and Teaching.