Tuesday, November 12 Civil Rights and Feminism
Reading:
Hansberry, Raisin in the Sun, Acts II and III, WW, 1036-68.
Combahee River Collective, "Black Feminism," MAW, pp. 249-257.
Michele Wallace, "A Black Feminist's Search for Sisterhood" (1975), MAW, pp. 257-262.
Kate Shanley, "Thoughts on Indian Feminism," MAW, pp. 246-249.
Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 PM, SH 221: FILM: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Link to Reviews
Thursday, November 14 The Sexual Revolution
Audio: The Pointer Sisters
Reading:
Helen Gurley Brown, from Sex and the Single Girl (1962), MAW, pp. 298-303.
Anne Koedt, "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm" (1968), in Course Reader, pp. 44-48.
Anselma Dell'Olio, "The Sexual Revolution Wasn't Our War" (Handout)
George Gilder, from Men and Marriage (1989) (Handout)
Virginia Breath, "Making the Sexual Revolution Work for Women" (Handout)
Tuesday, November 19 The Second Wave of Feminism
Audio: John Lennon
Reading:
W&AE, pp. 372-385.
"Founding of the National Organization for Women" (1966);
Robin Morgan, "No More Miss America" (1968);
Pat Mainardi, "The Politics of Housework" (1969) all in MAW, pp. 225-246.
Adrienne Rich, "Diving into the Wreck," WW, pp. 1005-1007.
Alice Walker, "Everyday Use . . ." (1973), WW, pp. 1130-1036.
Wednesday, November 20, 7:00 PM, SH-221: FILM: Working Girl(1988)
Link to Reviews
Thursday, November 21 The Second Wave Continues
Audio: Helen Reddy (1972)
Reading:
W&AE, pp. 386-424.
Roe v. Wade (1973) (handout).
Margaret Cruikshank, "Is This the Reward of a Catholic Girlhood?" (1980),MAW, pp. 303-307.
"Houston, 1977," MAW , pp. 262-264.
Louise Glück, "The School Children" (1975), WW, 1124-25.
Maxine Hong Kingston, "No Name Woman" (1976)
Tuesday, November 26 The Second Shift : The Seventies & Eighties
Reading:
Rita Dove, all selections, WW, pp. 1146-1149.
Joyce Carol Oates, "Nairobi" (1986), WW, 1090-95.
Ann Beattie, "Skeletons" (1986), WW, 1136-39.
Bobbie Ann Mason, "Hunktown" (1989), WW, 1103-14.
Crystal Lee Sutton, "The Real 'Norma Rae' Tells Her Story," MAW, pp. 268-270, 273-277.
Jessie Lopez De La Cruz, "Organizing Farm Workers," MAW, pp. 282-285.
Johnnie Tillmon, "Women on Welfare," MAW, pp. 286-289.
Photo Essay, MAW, pp. 290-297.
Tuesday, December 3 Backlash? -- The Eighties & Nineties
Audio: Cyndi Lauper (1983)
Reading:
Phyllis Schlafly, from The Power of the Positive Woman (1977), MAW, pp. 264-267.
Susan Faludi, from Backlash (1991), MAW, pp. 327-333.
Toni Morrison, from Beloved (1987), WW, pp. 1068-1078.
Amy Tan, "Rules of the Game," from The Joy Luck Club
(1989), WW, pp. 1150-1156.
Wednesday, December 4, 7:00 PM, SH-221: FILM: Fatal Attraction
(1987)
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Thursday, December 5 The Nineties and the New Millennium;
Misogyny in Popular Culture
Audio: 2 Live Grew (1989)
Audio: Guns N' Roses (1989)
Audio: Snoop Doggy Dogg (1994)
Audio: Nine Inch Nails (1995)
Audio: No Doubt (1995)
Audio: Paula Cole (1996)
Audio: Meredith Brooks (1997)
Audio: Counting Crows (1999)
Reading:
Abra Fortune Chernik, "The Body Politic" (1995), MAW, pp.320-324.
Mary Pipher, from Reviving Ophelia (1994) (handout)
Glück, "Dedication to Hunger" (1980), WW, 1125-27.
Anita Hill, "Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee" (1991), MAW, pp. 334-338.
Eve Ensler, "The Vagina Monologues" (1998), MAW, pp. 324-326.
Katie Roiphe, "Date Rape: Hysteria or Epidemic?" MAW, pp. 338-340.
Christina Hoff Sommers, "Who Stole Feminism?" MAW, pp. 340-344.
United States v. Virginia (1996), MAW, pp. 344-348.
Jennifer Baumgardener & Amy Richards, "A Third Wave Feminist Manifesta" (2000), MAW, pp. 348-350.
Charlotte Bunch, "Global Feminism" (1995), MAW, pp. 350-353.
Collage of Scenes from Class Skits
MUSIC: Helen Reddy, "I Am Woman" (1972)