| Week Four: The Historical Creation of Patriarchy | |||
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| Monday, September 22 | The Scientific Construction of Gender (cont.) | ||
| Wednesday, September 24 | The Creation of Patriarchy | ||
| Readings: Woolf, Orlando; Parsons, Journal of a Feminist | |||
| Week Five: Women's Economies | |||
| Monday September 29 | Discuss Orlando in class | ||
| Wednesday, October 1 | NO CLASS--Classes follow a Friday Schedule | ||
| Readings: Woolf, Orlando; Parsons, Journal of a Feminist | |||
| Week Six: Feminism and Identity | |||
| Monday, October 6 | Discuss Elsie Clews Parsons, The Journal of a Feminist | ||
| Wednesday, October 8 | Review for Midterm in Class (Click here for the Study Guide | ||
| Readings: Woolf, Orlando; Parsons, Journal of a FeministReadings: | |||
| Week Seven: FIRST MIDTERM | |||
| Monday, October 13 | CUNY CLOSED--No class. | ||
| Wednesday, October 15 | First Midterm | ||
| Readings: Raybon, My First White Friend | |||
| Week Eight: Working Girls, cont. | |||
| Monday, October 20 | Watch Working Girl in class | ||
| Wednesday, October 22 | Feminism and Class Issues; Discuss Working Girl | ||
| Readings: Raybon, My First White Friend; Mary Childers and bell hooks, "A Dialogue About Race and Class" | |||
| Week Nine: Feminism and Race | |||
| Monday, October 27 | View Imitation of Life in class. | ||
| Wednesday, October 29 | Feminism and Race Issues; Discuss Imitation of Life | ||
| Readings: Raybon, My First White Friend | |||
| Week Ten: Communities and Communication Among Women | |||
| Monday, November 3 | View Salt of the Earth in class | ||
| Wednesday, November 5 | Discuss Salt of the Earth | ||
| Readings: Raybon, My First White Friend | |||
| Week Eleven: Women's Ways of Knowing | |||
| Monday, November 10 | Discuss Raybon, My First White Friend | ||
| Wednesday, November 12 | Review in class; pass out Second Midtermtake-home exam. | ||
| Readings: Raybon, My First White Friend | |||
| Week Twelve: Feminism and Utopia | |||
| Monday, November 17 | Women's Writing | ||
| Wednesday, November 19 | Women Remaking the World--Utopian Feminism | ||
| Readings: Gilman, Herland | |||
| Week Thirteen: Herland and Other "Women's Places" | |||
| Monday, November 24 | Women and Sociocultural Critique | ||
| Wednesday, November 26 | Discuss Gilman, Herland | ||
| Readings: Gilman, Herland; Walker, The Color Purple | |||
| Week Fourteen: Womanism and Feminism | |||
| Monday, December 1 | Womanism | ||
| Wednesday, December 3 | Histories Behind The Color Purple | ||
| Readings: Walker, The Color Purple | |||
| Week Fifteen: The Color Purple | |||
| Monday, December 8 | Discuss Walker, The Color Purple | ||
| Wednesday, December 10 | Discuss Walker, The Color Purple | ||
| Readings: Walker, The Color Purple | |||
| Week Sixteen: Finding Our Place | |||
| Monday, December 15 | Summing Up | ||
| Readings: Walker, The Color Purple | |||
| Final Exam | Wednesday, 17 December 1997 | ||
Prepared by Professor Catherine Lavender for History 182 (Women's History and Feminist Theory), The Department of History, The College of Staten Island of The City University of New York. Send email to lavender@postbox.csi.cuny.edu
Fall Semester 1997. Last modified: Thursday 23 October 1997