Feminism crossculturally
L Healey
8 points * 2 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
The subject is about the theoretical and political problems in studying and writing about women's and feminist issues across cultural boundaries. These boundaries are constructed in diverse ways through gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, religion, nationality, as well as historical factors such as colonialism. Topics are examined from the perspective of immigrant, `third world', and postcolonial critics of `Western' feminists, as well as those of `Western' feminists who engage in crosscultural research. Topics include female circumcision; feminism, Islam and women; ethnographic representation; the state the reproductive control.
Assessment
Seminar paper (2000 words): 40% * Essay (4000 words): 60%
Recommended texts
di Leonardo M (ed.) Gender at the crossroads of knowledge: Feminist anthropology in the postmodern era U California P, 1991
Mohanty C and others Third world women and the politics of feminism Indiana UP, 1991
Moore H Feminism and anthropology Polity Press, 1988
Ramazanoglu C Feminism and the contradictions of oppression 1989