Dr. Janice Capel Anderson - Morrill Hall 405 - 885-6065 - Email: jcanders@uidaho.edu

Office Hours are T/Th 9:20-10:50 AM and many other times by appointment.

Rosemarie Tong, Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction 3rd ed. Boulder: Westview Press, 2008.  ISBN-10: 0813343755

Website: http://www.class..uidaho.edu/jcanders   Most of our primary source readings are available via link from my website or on electronic reserve

RESERVE:

Electronic Reserve: There are materials for this course on electronic reserve at  http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/access_services/reserve/  You will need to enter the userid and a password I will give you in class to access these materials.

1. Students will become familiar with a range of feminist theory.

2. Students will be able to identify and describe various forms of feminist thought including liberal, cultural, existential, Marxist and socialist, radical,  etc. They should be able to give examples of key thinkers in each of these categories.

3. Students will understand a number of key philosophical issues involved in feminist theory on an undergraduate level. These include such things as differing feminist epistemologies and the equality/difference debate.

4. Students will relate material in this class to material covered in other classes where relevant and to social and ethical issues of concern to them. Philosophy majors/minors should be able to draw connections between concepts and thinkers covered in this class and concepts and thinkers they may have studied previously. For example, a student who has taken Phil 300 - Existentialism will recognize the existentialist concepts used by Simone de Beauvoir.

5. Students will increase their ability to read and critically analyze difficult primary source material.

6. Students will increase written and verbal skills through class discussions, essays, a class presentation, and a major paper. The verbal skills include the ability to treat others with respect even when strong disagreements exist.

7. Students will explore one area of interest in depth through research, a class presentation, and a sustained paper.

Jan 15 Introduction

Jan 20 Virginia Woolf,  A Room of One's Own, Chapters 1-3  http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/woolf/virginia/w91r/   -  Reading and Discussion Questions

Jan 22  Alice Walker "In Search of our Mothers' Gardens" - on e-reserve  and online  Essay One due.

II. Roots of Liberal Feminism

Jan 27 Rosemarie Tong, Chapter 1 and Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman  - Introduction (pp. 12- 15).   Tthe pdf file has page numbers.  Pdf and other formats also available at http://manybooks.net/titles/wollstonetext02vorow10.html   -  Reading and Discussion Questions

For more details on Wollstonecraft see Sylvana Tomaselli's entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy at http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wollstonecraft/

Feb 3  Snitow, "A Gender Diary," on e-reserve   Reading/Study Guide for Snitow. 

III. Anglo-American Cultural Feminism and Recent Care Feminism

Feb 5 - Josephine Donovan - Feminist Theory: The Intellectual Traditions of American Feminism. New Expanded Edition. New York: Continuum, 1992. Chapter 2 on e-reserve . 

Feb  10  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland, free artemis press e-book at http://www.artemispress.com/html/cpgilman.html -Chapters 5-8  Reading and Study Questions

Feb 17 Virginia Held - "Care as Practice and Value"  Chapter 2 from The Ethics of Care:  Personal, Political, and Global - e-reserve -  Reading and Discussion Questions

Feb 19 Tong, Chapter 5 - Care-Focused Feminism

IV. Marxist and Socialist Feminism -

Feb 24 Tong, Chapter 3 and F. Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State excerpts:"Marriage and Property: Friedrich Engels," in The Feminist Papers. Edited by Alice S. Rossi. pp. 478-495  on e-reserve     Study/Discussion Questions for Engels  

Feb 26 - Nancy C. M. Hartsock, "The Feminist Standpoint: Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism,"  Reading/Study Questions

V. Existentialist Feminism

Mar 3 - Lecture on Existentialism

Mar 5 Simone de Beauvoir The Second Sex at http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/index.htm   Introduction  and Conclusion    Reading and Discussion Questions

VI. Radical Feminism

Mar 10 Tong, Chapter 2 - Radical Feminism

Mar 12 Catherine MacKinnon, excerpts from "Introduction" and chapter on Torture  from Are Women Human? (2006) at http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/MACARE_excerpt.pdf   (I decided to go ahead and use the more recent work, note not all of the intro is there) Reading and Discussion Questions

Recommended:

A podcast of MacKinnon's lecture on "Women's Status, Men's States" from the LSE mp3 at http://richmedia.lse.ac.uk/publicLecturesAndEvents/20081022_1830_womensStatusMensStates.mp3 and  http://odeo.com/episodes/23577497-Catharine-Mackinnon-LSE-lecture-Women-s-Status-Men-s-States

An older important piece by MacKinnon on e-reserve is "Difference and Dominance:  On Sex Discrimination," Chapter Two from Feminism Unmodified:  Discourses on Life and Law. 

March 13- Paper Topic and Annotated BibliographyDUE  - For how to create an annotated bibliography, consult: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm

VII.  Ecofeminism and Third Wave - Student Choices

March  24 - Warren, Karen J. 1990. “The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism”, Environmental Ethics 12: 125-46. on e-reserve. Reading and Study Questions

Recommended:

Cuomo, Chris, "So As to Flourish:  The Goals of Ecological Feminism" in Feminism and Ecological Communities:  An Ethic of Flourishing, pp. 62-80 available as an e-book in the UI Library Catalog Internet HQ1233 .C86 1998 

  "The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism Revisited" in Environmental Philosophy from Animal Rights to Radical Ecology edited by Michael E. Zimmerman et al.  4th edition.   Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2005, pages 252-279 

March 26 - R . Claire Snyder, “What Is Third-Wave Feminism? A New Directions Essay” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 2008, vol. 34, no. 10097-9740/2008/3401-0021  Pages 175-196  - on e-reserve  Reading and Discussion Questions

Essay Five Due Mar 27

VIII.  Multicultural, Postcolonial, and Global

Note: Tong, Chapter 6 - "Multicultural, Global, and Postcolonial Feminism would serve as a good background for these readings although it is not required.

Mar 31  Patricia Hill Collins, "The Social Construction of Black Thought," On e-reserveFrom: Signs, Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Vol. 14(4). 1989. p. 745-733.   Reading and Discussion Questions

April 2  Gloria Anzaldua, "La concienca de la mestiza/Towards a New Consciousness," Chapter Seven of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza on e-reserve  Reading and Discussion Questions - part one, pages 77-top of 85.   The next section will begin with Somos una gente.  Footnotes are at the end of the pdf file.

April 7 - Anzaldua Part Two - p. 85 Somos una gente to end of chapter.   Footnotes are at the end of the pdf file. Reading and Discussion Questions

April 9-  Paper Workshop

April 14 - Rough Drafts Due

April 16 -  Peer Reviews of Rough Drafts Due  Uma Narayan "Essence of Culture and  A Sense of History:   A Feminist Critique of Cultural Essentialism," Hypatia 13 (1998) 86-106 on e-reserve - Reading and Discussion Questions

Recommended not required:  Uma Narayan, "Contesting Cultures:  'Westernization', Respect for Cultures and Third World Feminism" - Chapter One from Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third-World feminism (Routledge, 1997) 1-39; also available as Chapter 23 in The Second Wave:  A Reader in Feminist Theory edited by Linda Nicholson. (New York:  Routledge, 1997) 396-414  Both books are on googlebooks with some of the pages missing

IX.  Paper Presentations -

1. Four Essays - 80 points - 20 points each - Each student will write a two to three page typed, double-spaced, spell-checked  and grammar-checked essay responding to readings as indicated on  due dates above.  There are five essay options.  All students must do the first three.  Students have a choice of essay four or essay five.

2. Class Attendance, Participation, and Miscellaneous -100 points.  Each student should read and analyze all the material to be discussed before class and bring all assigned materials to class. He or she should attend each class and participate in class discussion, respectfully and thoughtfully.  Students may miss one class period without penalty, even if this absence is unexcused. Absences due to university scheduled events such as athletic events in which one is participating, field trips, illnesses, family problems, military duty, etc. should be reported to me in advance of class if at all possible. Doctor's excuses, copy of court summons, letter from athletic department, instructor's letter concerning UI field trip, and dates of military service letter copies are acceptable. The Dean of Students Office can provide me with written notification of deaths in the family, serious illness, etc. Other than officially approved university excuses, excuses will be accepted at the instructor’s discretion. Students will be called on to participate regularly. This includes such things as individual verbal participation and small group work. Because of the nature of the class, attendance is essential. Students with four or more unexcused absences will receive an F.

3. Paper - 160 pts. total: Paper Outline and Annotated Bibliography - 20 points -First draft of paper - 40 points. Final Draft of paper due by Monday  May 11th at 3 P.M. -  100 points. In an emergency these may be e-mailed to the professor in Wordperfect 12 or below or Microsoft Word 2007 or below or in a pdf file.. Papers should be approximately 12 pages in length, double-spaced, one-inch margins. Careful documentation and citation are essential. Detailed instructions will be given.

4. Major Class presentation. 50 points

5.  Peer Review - 20 points - You will peer review the rough draft of the paper of another student.

 TOTAL -  410 points

COURSE POLICIES

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY INCLUDING PLAGIARISM -Students who cheat or plagiarize or commit any other form of academic dishonesty will receive at a minimum a zero on the work in question. Action may also be taken in the Student Judicial System. For the Dean of Students' Academic Integrity site which includes UI Policies, and Student Academic Dishonesty Resources see http://www.students.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=45708   In terms of citing sources and using quotations, when in doubt, cite. Do not make up citations. Cite correctly all materials used including textbooks, internet sources, and lectures. If you have any questions, please e-mail me or see me for help.

COMPUTER POLICY - Each student is expected to:

1. Maintain a UI e-mail account and check this account regularly. From time to time I may send the class e-mail using the Registrar’s system. Please check the e-mail address and other personal contact information in the Registrar’s system to make sure that your current e-mail address, telephone number, etc. is entered.  All students may access http://support.uidaho.edu   in order to create accounts, change passwords, etc.

2. Be able to use either Firefox or Internet Explorer or an equivalent browser. Check course website regularly.

3. Use a word processing program (preferably Microsoft Word or WordPerfect) and maintain two electronic files (e.g.,  a hard-drive copy and a diskette copy, hard drive and flash drive, etc.) of all work submitted. Files should be saved until the final grade is received. If computers are down for an extended period of time, a handwritten copy and a photocopy should be maintained.

4. Check mid-term and final grades on the web and maintain printouts.

5. Use the library's electronic reserve system and electronic databases.

ASSIGNMENT AND GRADE RECORD KEEPING -Students are expected to save all graded work until final grades are recorded with the registrar and checked by the student.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION - Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have documented temporary or permanent disabilities.  All accommodations must be approved through Disability Support Services, located in the Idaho Commons Building, Room 306. Please contact Disability Support Services as soon as possible so that you may receive accommodations in a timely manner.  You can reach them via telephone at 885-6307or email at  dss@uidaho.edu. Their website is  at www.access.uidaho.edu I am happy to work with you and with DSS. If you need accommodations, please make sure that I know. I will do my best to support you in your work.

LATE ESSAYS/PAPERS - Unexcused essays, papers, etc. drop one letter grade for each day they are late including days the Philosophy Office is closed.  You may submit late papers via email attachment in MS Word 2007 or below or WordPerfect 12 or below or in a pdf file. You should send with a return receipt or ask me to reply to make sure I have received the attachment.  If you copy yourself, you should also be able to see if the attachment worked.

ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION - Students may miss one class period without penalty, even if this absence is unexcused. Absences due to university scheduled events such as athletic events in which one is participating, field trips, illnesses, family problems, military duty, etc. should be reported to me in advance of class if at all possible. Doctor's excuses, copy of court summons, letter from athletic department, instructor's letter concerning UI field trip, and dates of military service letter copies are acceptable. The Dean of Students Office can provide me with written notification of deaths in the family, serious illness, etc. Other than officially approved university excuses, excuses will be accepted at the instructor’s discretion. Students will be called on to participate regularly. This includes such things as individual verbal participation and small group work. Because of the nature of the class, attendance is essential. Students with four or more unexcused absences will receive an F.

HELP - Please do not hesitate to come to see me for help. The Writing Center can also be a useful source of help.