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Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft

Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Kornelia Hauser Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Kornelia Hauser
Prof. Susan Mann Prof. Susan Mann

603097

Contemporay Feminist Thoughts in the US and Europe

PS 2

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This course critically examines the major theoretical perspectives that have influenced U.S. and European feminist thought from the 1980s to the present. The primary aims of this course are to enhance students’ understanding of these theories and to develop the critical skills that enable them to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of various feminist perspectives. Additional aims include: fostering students’ awareness and understanding of differences between women and the diversity of their experiences; enhancing their ability to do cross-cultural comparative analysis; and enabling them to better understand the implications of social theories for political policies and practice.

This course interweaves social science and the humanities to examine contemporary U.S. and European feminist thought from the 1980s to the present. Major social and political theories that influenced feminist thought and activism will be critically examined. Where applicable, short stories, plays and films will be used to illustrate the ideas or concerns of women during this time period. Particular emphases will be given to the diversity of women’s voices/experiences and to the intersections of gender, class, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. The feminist perspectives we study will be grounded in the social, economic and historical conditions of this era in order to discuss major factors that fostered feminist political movements in the U.S. and Europe, to illuminate cross-cultural similarities and differences, and to highlight the relationship between theory and practice.

Lectures, group discussion projects, oral presentations, and films will be used in this course.

The grades in this course will be determined by the following: Two short answer/essay exams 50%; Individual/ group presentations and overall class participation 25%; One five page paper that illustrates both critical and cross-cultural comparative analyses 25%.

A syllabus for the U.S. component of this course is provided as a separate attachment. Copies of the required readings in this syllabus will be provided well in advance of the beginning of the course.

Zuordnung(en): Neuer Studienplan (24.09.01) I.2.7
Beginn: 10.03.2005