Women's Studies
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Popular Culture/Feminist Culture READINGS |
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This Page Contains Information About the Following:
(these are optional unless indicated by the instructor) For some of you, the concepts raised in the critical writings may be familiar. Others will find the material challenging because of unfamiliar terms. In order to make certain that all of us are working together on this project called learning, I would like you to pair up with another student whose intellectual experiences are different from you own. That is to say, if you are from a non-literary or cultural studies background, link up with someone who is. If you have studied film and are familiar with film theory, take the time to find someone who has little experience in this area. We will discuss this process of collaboration in class. 1. Readings on the course: Notes or Study Questions 2. Background readings
for the course: Notes or Study Questions
Tania Modleski "Femininity as mas(s)querade: a feminist approach to mass culture'' Raymond Williams "Base & Superstructure in Marxist Theory" Mixed race women's issues and critical perspectives.
Gloria Anzaldua. Borderlands:La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San
Francisco:
Homi Bhabha. "Introduction: Locations of Culture." The Location of Culture. London: Routledge, 1994: 1-18.
Carol Camper, ed. Miscegenation Blues: Voices of Mixed Race Women.
Janice Gould. "The Problem of Being "Indian": One Mixed-Blood's Dilemma." De/Colonizing the Subject: The Politics of Gender in Women's Autobiography." Eds. Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 1992: 81-87 Francoise Lionnet. Autobiographical Voices: Race, Gender, Self-Portraiture. Ithaca: Cornell, 1989. Lewis Owens. Other Destinies: Understanding the American Indian Novel . Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1992. Kateri Dam. an essay on aboriginal identity in Journal of Canadian Studies, 1996. (This writer teaches at the E'nowkin School of Native Writing in BC.) 3. Feminist Popular Culture Sites of Interest:
(note: in order to download this file, you must be accessing it from your gpu account since the Muse group of journals is available through the University of Alberta) 4. Resources on Electronic Hypertext George Landow's Hypertext (search for gender matters and queer studies sites) See David Miall's hypertext course for information on making web pages and for discussion 5. Other readings on the course: Janice Williamson "Notes on Storyville North: Circling West Edmonton Mall." LifeStyle Shopping: The Subject of Consumption. Ed. Rob Shields. London: Routledge, 1992: 216-232. |