作業

女性政治思想

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    學生每週要寫一篇二至三頁的心得報告(佔成績的40%),合作帶領一堂課,並且在當天提供問題讓大家討論(佔成績的10%)。期末報告(15-20頁)必須在第11堂課時繳交(佔成績的40%),並在期末上台報告(佔成績的10%)。每堂課的作業規定,詳如下列。
    All students will write a weekly response paper of two to three pages (40% of grade) and co-lead one class, providing questions for discussion on that day (10% of grade). There will also be one final paper (15-20 pp.) which will be due on lecture 11 (40% of grade), and a final presentation (10% of grade). See below for descriptions of each assignment.

    期末報告
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    課程單元 作業
    1 課程簡介
    Introduction to the Course
     
    2 課程議題
    Issues of the Course
    心得報告:選擇一至兩則平面媒體或網路上的新聞故事,審查其性別上的面向。故事中是否隱藏女性主義或反女性主義的意涵?「體驗理論」如何幫助你瞭解故事裡的意涵?

    Response Paper: Examine one or two news stories in print publications or on the Web to consider their gender dimensions. What are the feminist or anti-feminist implications of the story? How does "doing theory" help you understand the significance of the story?
    3 方法論
    Thoughts on Methods
    心得報告:延續上週同一個故事,或是選另一新的故事。本週閱讀進度的「方法論」是否能幫助你不只從性別的角度,同時也能從種族和階級來觀察故事內容?作者和故事之間的關係為何?故事裡說了什麼?有哪些可能是沒說到的?

    Response Paper: Following the same story as last week or choosing a new one, how do the "methods" in this week's reading help you look not just at the gender dimensions but also at those of race and class? What is the relationship between the author and the story? What is told in the story and what is perhaps not being told?
    4 「女性」與身體
    "Femaleness" and the Body
    心得報告:檢視網路上、書刊雜誌或教科書裡任何一則對女性/男性的描寫。他們如何再現身體?性別差異如何形體化以及去形體化?

    Response Paper: Examine an issue of female/male portrayals on the Web, in a print publication, or in a textbook. How is the body represented? How are gender differences embodied and disembodied?
    5 家務勞動
    The Work of Family
    心得報告:根據你這學期以來所探討的故事,公領域和私領域關聯為何?「工作」和「非工作」如何認定?哪些被認為是「家內」,哪些又被認為是「社會」或「國家」?相關議題如何認定?

    研究報告主題:我們將在課堂裡討論上述議題。各位不僅要準備你自己的主題,同時也要幫助其他人,諸如提供他們意見、參考資料,或其他可能的方法。有問題,儘管e-mail給我。

    Response Paper: What is the connection between "public" and "private" in one of the stories you have been following? What is considered "work" and what is considered "non-work"? What is considered "domestic" and what is considered the province of "society" or "the state"? How are these issues being decided?

    Research paper topics due. We will discuss these in class. Please come prepared not only to discuss your own topic, but also to help others with advice, thoughts on sources, possible approaches, etc. Feel free to email me with any questions.
    6 性別與性
    Gender and Sexuality
    心得報告:Gayle Rubin討論了有關女性「交易」的假設。女性在社會裡的位置,尤其是在異性戀的脈絡下,是如何被結構化的?Peiss和Simson討論了階級、種族和性別的交集。你可參考閱讀有關女性同性戀及雙性戀的資料。 你要如何將Rubin作品和另一本書討論的階級、種族、非異性戀結合在一起?性如何變成一個社會的標籤?這些理論作品和Lisa Dodson所研究的性別選擇是否吻合?

    Response Paper: Gayle Rubin discusses one hypothesis on the "traffic" in women, how women's position in society is structurally positioned, particularly within the context of heterosexuality. Peiss and Simson discuss the intersections of class and race with sexuality. You also have readings on lesbianism and bisexuality. How do you put together Rubin's work with the dimensions of race, class, and non-heterosexuality presented in the other readings? How does sexuality become a marker in society? How do these theoretical writings square with some of the sexual choices being made by Lisa Dodson's subjects?
    7 色情、性侵害,與同意政治
    Pornography, Rape, and the Politics of Consent
    心得報告:舉凡觸及約會暴力、色情和情慾的差別、強暴在公共領域的再現(例如性侵害案件的審理過程)及其影響、色情出版及其影響等,女性與同意是女性主義理論裡最棘手的議題之一。試從你所閱讀文章裡的觀點、或你自己課外的觀察,甚至結合你學期報告的主題,討論選擇與同意或與不同意的議題。

    Response Paper: Women and consent can be one of the thorniest issues in feminist theory when it comes to issues of date rape, distinctions between pornography and eroticism, issues of the public presentation of rape (e.g., the rape trial) and its consequences or pornography and its consequences. Discuss the issues of choice and consent or non-consent in light of the readings, in light of your outside explorations, and/or in terms of your paper topic.
    8 性別與母職
    Gender and Mothering
    簡短的心得報告:母職與父職如何貫穿我們唸過的那社會議題?「公領域」和「私領域」所指為何?種族、階級、性別及其他標籤如何影響一個母親的形象?

    附有註釋的書目: 從你將引用的主要資料來源中,選8至10項文獻,逐一簡短評論其重要性。

    Brief Response Paper: How do mothering and fathering intersect with the other social issues we have been studying? What are the "public" and "private" dimensions? How do race, class, sexuality, and other markers affect images of the mother?

    Annotated Bibliography Due. Choose 8 to 10 of your leading sources and write a brief commentary on the significance of each.
    9 福利國家
    The Welfare State
    心得報告:評論性別和福利國家兩者關係的任一面向。唸過這麼多有關種族、階級、性別互動的文章後,你認為這些文章如何呈現在今日的福利國家裡?你不妨深入思考公私領域的模糊範圍,以及造成有人是「委託者」,而有人卻變成和「主事者」的政治關係。

    Response Paper: Comment on any aspect of the relationship between gender and the welfare state. Having now read many articles on the intersections between race, class, gender, and sexuality, how do you think these are played out in the welfare state today? You may want to think more about the blurring of public and private, the political relations that make some people "clients" and others "staff."
    10 政治的範圍
    The Political Sphere
    心得報告:Duke的《政治中的女人》,分析各種當代政治中女性的不同位置,並且觸及具有性別面向的典型「政治性」議題。你對於「性別隔閡」的議題有何看法?你在今年的選舉中,是否看到相關的例證?

    Response Papers: The articles in Duke, Women in Politics, consider a variety of positions held by women in politics today and also some of the classic "political" issues with important gender dimensions. What do you think of this issue of the "gender gap"? Do you see evidence of it in the election coverage this year?
    11 軍事主義與性別
    Militarism and Gender
    繳交期末報告。無須繳交心得報告。要思考的問題:反軍事主義為何被標定為「女性」議題?軍隊中的性別面向是什麼? 現代生活裡不同領域中的性別面向是什麼?語言如何在軍隊以外的其他領域,例如科技和工程,漸漸被定位(Cohn的觀點)?戰時和和平時期,性別認知在軍隊裡扮演的角色為何?

    Final Papers Due. No response paper. Questions to think about: How has anti-militarism been marked as a "female" issue? What are some of the gender dimensions of the military and its presence in various sectors of modern life? How does language itself become marked (Cohn's point) in other fields besides the military, e.g., science and engineering? What role do gender understandings play in the military in peacetime and in war?
    12 國際政治
    International Politics
    心得報告:我們在課堂裡所討論的性別議題,是否有國際面向?反之,我們所討論過的議題,如何幫助我們更廣泛地瞭解國際政治裡更微妙的意涵?

    Response Papers: Do the gender issues we have been discussing in this class have an international dimension? Conversely, how do the issues we have discussed help us to have a more nuanced understanding of international politics more broadly?
    13 語論與學生期末報告發表
    Concluding Thoughts and Student Presentations