WGSS 800: HISTORY OF WOMEN, GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

Prof. Ann Schof!"# F$"" %0&'

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3OURSE DES3RIPTION
WGSS 800 introduces WGSS doctoral and certificate students to the interdisciplinary
field of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. During the semester well locate the
origins of the field, trace its development, its expanding su!ects, and its
institutionali"ation in the university. Well #uestion the meaning of interdisciplinarity and
explore the creative tension etween the humanities and social sciences, theory and
practice, structuralism and post$structuralism as well as among the areas of women,
gender, and sexuality studies. %he course will center on the concept of the production of
&nowledge and as& how &nowledge critical of the university can thrive within the
university.
GOALS AND O45E3TI6ES
. %o understand the institutional and intellectual construction of the academic field
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies during the past forty years
. %o write a iliographical essay on the impact of a 'gateway( text on WGSS
scholarship. )or WGSS doctoral students this paper will e part of the portfolio
presented at the doctoral exam.
. %o understand interdisciplinarity and develop s&ills of ta&ing an interdisciplinary
perspective on topics. %o interrogate the notion of WGSS as a discipline.
3OURSE RE7UIREMENTS
. *ou are expected to attend all classes, prepare readings in advance, and
participate in informed and meaningful ways in class discussion
. +y Wednesday at , p.m. all students should post discussion #uestions and-or
comments on the wee&s assigned reading to +lac&oard
. *ou should choose a 'gateway( text from the attached list and write a
iliographic essay that demonstrates the influence of the ideas, theory, and
method of this text on WGSS scholarship or on the scholarship in a particular
discipline. *ou will present your paper during one of the last four class meetings.

. *ou are strongly encouraged to attend the .all /enter Gender Seminar
0schedule attached1. 2apers discussed at the seminar are availale on line at
the .all /enter wesite 0password3 gender1
S3HEDULE
4ug. 563 7ntroduction
8esser$Davidow3 7ntroduction
Scott3 7ntroduction
Wo.!n
Sept. 93 )eminism :nters the 4cademy
8esser$Davidow3 all
Sept. ;53 Womens Studies and Diversity
Guy$Shefftal3 'Whither +lac& Womens Studies3 7nterview( 0Scott1
<inn and Dill3 '%heori"ing Difference from 8ultiracial )eminism( 0+1
=ee3 '>otes from the 0>on1)ield3 %eaching and %heori"ing
Women of /olor( 0+1
Sept. ;63 >? /=4SS
Sept. 5@3 Gloal Womens Studies
8ohanty3 '4ntigloali"ation 2edagogies and )eminism( 0+1
8a!madadi3 '%eaching and Aesearch in Bnavailale 7ntersections( 0Scott1
8ahmood3 ')eminism, Democracy, and :mpire3 7slam and the War of
%error( 0Scott1
Caplan and Grewal3 '%ransnational 2ractices and 7nterdisciplinary )eminist
Scholarship3 Aefiguring Womens and Gender Studies( 0+1
G!n#!r
?ct 93 Gender 8atters
West and <immerman3 'Doing Gender( 0+1
Aidgeway3 ')ramed +efore We Cnow 7t3 .ow Gender Shapes Social
Aelations( 0+1
)austo$Sterling3 '%he )ive Sexes, Aevisited( 0+1
/. Delphy3 'Aethin&ing Sex and Gender( 0+1

?ct. ;03 Gendering .istory3 4 /ase Study
Scott3 'Gender as a Bseful /ategory of 4nalysis( 0+1
Decemer 5008 edition of American Historical Review on
impact of 'Gender asD..( 0availale on ES%?A1
?ct. ;F3 Gender3 4 Social Science 2erspective
Gloali"ation and the State3
8. Song3 'Gender in a Gloal World(
+. :inhorn3 '7nsiders and ?utsiders3 Within and +eyond the Gendered >ation(
D. <ar&ov3 '%oward a >ew %heori"ing of Women, Gender, and War(
+. 2rins3 8others and 8uslims, Sisters and So!ourners3 %he /ontested
+oundaries of )eminist /iti"enship( 0+1
Wor& and )amily3
A. /rompton3 'Gender and Wor&(
/. Bngerson3 'Gender, /are, and the Welfare State(
8. =ang and +. Aisman3 '+lending into :#uality3 )amily Diversity and Gender
/onvergence( 0+1
S!8($"-+
?ct. 5G3 8. )oucault3 The History of Sexuality, vol. 7
D. .alperin, '7s %here a .istory of SexualityH( 0+1
?ct. 9;3 G. Auin3 '%he %raffic in Women3 >otes on the 2olitical :conomy of Sex(
0+1
G. Auin3 '%hin&ing Sex( 0+1
Aich3 '/ompulsory .eterosexuality and =esian :xistence( 050091 0+1
S. /orrea and A. 2etches&y3 'Aeproductive and Sexual Aights3 4
)eminist 2erspective(
>ov. F3 >? /=4SS I >ational Womens Studies /onference
>ov. ;G3 +oyd3 'What Does Jueer Studies ?ffer Womens StudiesH( 0+1
Salamon3 '%ransfeminism and the )uture of Gender( 0Scott1
/. /hase3 '.ermaphrodites with 4ttitude3 8apping the :mergence
of 7ntersex 2olitical 4ctivism( 0+1
D. Spade, '8utilating Gender( 0+1
F(-(r! #r!c-on)
>ov. 5;3 D. Auin3 'Womens Studies, >eolieralism, and the 2aradox of the K
2olitical( 0+1
+rown3 '%he 7mpossiility of Womens Studies( 0Scott1
Weigman3 ')eminism, 7nstitutionalism, and the 7diom of )ailure( 0+1
Dill3 '7ntersections, 7dentities, and 7ne#ualities in .igher :ducation( 0+1
Pr!)!n-$-on)
Dec. ,3
Dec. ;53
GATEWAY TEXT ASSIGNMENT
4 'gateway text( is a oo& or article which introduced a new idea, concept, or
perspective to the field of women, gender, and sexuality studies. 7ts influence can e seen
in the numer of pulished oo&s and articles that cite, criti#ue, and uild on the text.
)or this assignment, select a text y Septemer 5@, sumit a iliography of scholarly
wor&s inspired y your gateway text y ?ctoer 5G and present a draft of a iliographic
essay during one of the last four class sessions. %he final paper will e due one wee&
after your presentation and should e 50$5, pages in length.
2lease consult with me during the semester as you develop your ideas and iliographies.
GATEWAY TEXTS
Simone de+eauvoir, The Second Sex
Eudith +utler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
/arol Gilligan, In a Different oice: !sycholo"ical Theory and #omen$s Develo%ment
Gloria 4n"aldua and /herrie 8oraga, eds. This &rid"e 'alled my &ac(
Gloria 4n"aldua, &orderlands: )a Frontera: The *ew +esti,a
=inda >ochlin, 'Why .ave there +een >o Great Women 4rtistsH(
Donna .araway, '4 /yorg 8anifesto3 Science, %echnology, and Socialist )eminism in
=ate %wentieth /entury(
Sandra Gilert and Susan Guar, The +adwoman in the Attic: The #oman #riter and
the )iterary Ima"ination in the *ineteenth 'entury
:ve Cosofs&y Sedgwic&, -%istemolo"y of the 'loset
Susan +rownmiller, A"ainst .ur #ill
8ary Daly, Gyn/-colo"y
ell hoo&s, Ain$t I a #oman: &lac( #omen and Feminism
Eoan Wallach Scott, Gender and the !olitics of History
A3ADEMI3 MIS3ONDU3T
2lagiarism means &nowingly using someone elses ideas without proper
ac&nowledgment. 2lagiarism and cheating are expressly foridden y Bniversity rules
and the WGSS department. 4rticle 77, Section @ of the Aules and Aegulations of the
Bniversity Senate indicates that '8inimum punishment for any case of cheating or
plagiarism is a "ero on the assignment. /onse#uences may e as severe as failure for the
course of expulsion from the Bniversity.(
DISA4ILITIES
4ny student who has a disaility that may prevent him-her from fully demonstrating
his-her ailities should contact me at the eginning of the semester so we can discuss
accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate their educational
opportunity.