WGSS 321
Recent Continental Feminist Theory Spring 2013
Division II Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed PHIL 320
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This course explores developments in recent feminist thought influenced by philosophical currents in France and Germany (poststructuralism and critical theory.) Depending upon the year in which the course is offered, we explore topics such as self and society, sexual difference, embodiment, critiques of reason, the psyche, new materialist theories, queer feminism, and transnational feminism. We will read from works by authors such as the following; Sandra Bartky, Iris Young, Judith Butler, Elizabeth Grosz, Luce Irigaray, Jessica Benjamin, Gayle Rubin, Rosi Braidotti, Eve Sedgwick, Lynne Huffer, Sara Ahmed, Jasbir Puar, and Wendy Brown. Fiction and film may also be included.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 8-10
Class#: 3404
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: some of the following: frequent short essays, two or three 4- to 5-page essays, class presentations, or a final project in lieu of one of the papers; students in the class will be consulted about alternatives to this plan
Prerequisites: WGSS 101, and a second course in WGSS, or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences: Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies majors and Philosophy majors
Unit Notes: meets Contemporary Value Theory requirement only if registration is under PHIL
Distributions: Division II Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
WGSS 321 Division II PHIL 320 Division II
Attributes: PHIL Contemporary Value Theory Courses
WGSS Theory Courses

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