PHIL 225(F) Classics in Western Feminist Thought (Same as Women's and Gender Studies 225) (W)

WGST 225(F) Classics in Western Feminist Thought (Same as Philosophy 225) (W)
This course provides an introduction to feminist thought through readings of seminal feminist texts from the Enlightenment to the present. Special attention will be given to feminist revisions (including those by woman of color) of traditional and contemporary emancipatory theories such as liberalism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, and queer theory as well as transnational feminism. Authors read may include the following: Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alexandra Kollantai, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, Emma Goldman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Adrienne Rich, Marilyn Frye, Gloria Anzaldua, Audre Lorde, Catherine MacKinnon, Judith Butler, Iris Young, Nancy Fraser, Gayatri Spivak, and Chandra Mohanty. We conclude the course with an exploration of the wide range of feminist analyses of issues concerning prostitution and pornography.
Format: discussion. Requirements: several 2-page essays, one 4-page essay, one 6-page essay (including a draft) and participation in in-class exercises including short oral presentations.
Prerequisites: Women's and Gender Studies 101, or Philosophy 101, or permission of instructor. Enrollment limit: 19 (expected: 10).
Satisfies the Women's and Gender Studies theory requirement for the major.
Hour: SAWICKI