CORE TOPICS: (38 Readings) All Students Are Expected to Be Familiar with the Core Readings: Foundations, Theory, and Methods. FO
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CORE TOPICS: (38 readings) All students are expected to be familiar with the core readings: Foundations, Theory, and Methods. FOUNDATIONS: (5 readings) Acker, Joan, 1992. “From Sex Roles to Gendered Institutions.” Contemporary Sociology 21, 5: 565-569. England, Paula. 1993. Theory on Gender/Feminism on Theory, deGruyter Inc. England, Paula. 2011. “The Gender Revolution: Uneven and Stalled.” Gender & Society 24:149-166. Note that there is an interesting symposium on this article in volume 25 (2011: “An Unfinished Revolution: England Symposium.” Gender & Society 25(1):75), but it is not required reading. Ferree, Myra Marx. 2010. "Filling the Glass: Gender Perspectives on Families." Journal of Marriage and Family 72:420-439. Stacey, Judith and Barrie Thorne. 1985. “The Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology.” Social Problems 32 (4):301-317. There is also a symposium on this article in volume 53 (in 2006: “‘The Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology’ Twenty Years Later: Looking Back, Looking Ahead.” Social Problems 53 (4): 443-82.), but only the 4-page overview (by Joan Acker) is required here. THEORY: Structural Perspectives: (5 readings) Martin, Patricia Yancey. 2004. “Gender as a Social Institution.” Social Forces 82:1249-73. Risman, Barbara J. 2004. “Gender as a Social Structure: Theory Wrestling with Activism.” Gender & Society 18(4): 429-450. Collins, Patricia Hill. 1989. “The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought.” Signs 14(4):745-773. In Linda Nicholson, ed. The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory. New York: Routledge: Hartmann, Heidi, 1981. “The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union.” Pp. 97-122 Rubin, Gayle, 1975. “The Traffic in Women: Notes on the ‘Political Economy’ of Sex.” Pp. 27-62 Social Constructionist Perspectives: (9 readings) Deutsch, Francine, 2007. “Undoing Gender.” Gender & Society 21: 106-127. Read West and Zimmerman (below) before reading Deutsch. Lorber, Judith. 1993. “Believing is Seeing,: Biology as Ideology.” Gender & Society 7, 4: 568-581. Ridgeway, Cecelia. 2011. Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World. New York: Oxford University Press. Ridgeway, Cecilia and Shelly J. Correll. 2004. "Unpacking the Gender System: A Theoretical Perspective on Gender Beliefs and Social Relations." Gender & Society, 18 (4): 510-531. Schrock, Douglas, and Michael Schwalbe. 2009. “Men, Masculinity and Manhood Acts.” Annual Review of Sociology 35: 277-295. Thorne, Barrie. 1993. Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. Rutgers Press. Chapter 1 only. West, Candace and Don Zimmerman. 1987. “Doing Gender.” Gender and Society 1:125-151. There is a symposium in volume 23 (2009. “ ‘Doing Gender’ as Canon or Agenda: A Symposium on West and Zimmerman.” Gender & Society 23 (1): 72-122.), but it is optional. West, Candace and Fenstermaker, Sarah. 1995. “Doing Difference.” Gender & Society 9:8-37. Also read the symposium in volume 9 (1995. “On West and Fenstermaker's ‘Doing Difference’”. Gender & Society 9:491-506.) Postmodern critiques: (5 readings) Lorber, Judith. 1996. “Beyond the Binaries: Depolarizing the Categories of Sex, Sexuality, and Gender.” Sociological Inquiry 66(2):143-159. Nicholson, Linda J., ed. 1990. Feminism/Postmodernism. New York : Routledge. Read Chapter 1 (Fraser and Nicholson), Chapter 4 (Harding), Chapter 6 (Bordo), and Chapter 13 (Butler). Biosocial perspectives: (4 readings) D’Onofrio, Brian M, and Benjamin B. Lahey. 2010. “Biosocial Influences on the Family: A Decade Review” Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 762-782. Stacey, Judith. 2006. “Feminism and sociology in 2005: What are we missing?” Social Problems 53(4):479-482. Udry, Richard J. 2000. “Biological Limits of Gender Construction.” American Sociological Review 65(3): 443-457. Also read: Comments and Reply to Udry. 2000. American Sociological Review 66(4): 592-621. E. M. Miller and C. Y. Costello; I. Kennelly, S. N. Merz, and J. Lorber; B. J. Risman; J. R. Udry; G. Firebaugh. METHODS: (10 readings) Acker, Joan. 1973. “Women and Social Stratification: A Case of Intellectual Sexism.” American Journal of Sociology 78:936-945. Haraway, Donna. 1988. "Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of the Partial Perspective." Feminist Studies 14:575-600. Harding, Sandra. 2009. “Standpoint Theories: Productively Controversial.” Hypatia 24(4):192-200. Harding, Sandra. 1988. Feminism and Methodology. Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana Press. Especially chapters I (Harding), VII (Dorothy Smith), XI (Hartstock), and XII (Harding). Lorde, Audre. 1979. “The Master’s Tools Will never Dismantle the Master’s House.” in Sister Outsider. Trumansburg NY: The Crossing Press. Collins, Patricia Hill. 1986. “Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought.” Social Problems 33(6):S14-S32. Thompson, Linda. 1992. “Feminist Methodology for Family Studies.” Journal of Marriage and Family. 54 (3):3-18. Optional: Harding, Sandra. 1991. Whose science? Whose Knowledge? Thinking from Women’s Lives. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Optional: Harding, Sandra. 1998. Is Science Multicultural? Postcolonialisms, Feminisms, and Epistemologies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Optional: Naples, Nancy. 2004. Feminism and Method. New York: Routledge. Especially parts 1 and 2. Optional: Smith, Dorothy. 1987. The Everyday World as Problematic: Feminist Sociology. Boston: Northeastern University Press. MAJOR THEMES & SPECIALIZATIONS: You will pick two of the options below. You are encouraged to add relevant readings to your chosen lists. Specialty reading lists should contain 18-22 readings each (see exam guidelines). If your topic is not covered adequately below you may suggest an alternative list. However, approval will depend upon the entire committee’s approval. The committee may decline topics outside their expertise. Employment and Labor: (15 readings) Acker, Joan. 1990. “Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations.” Gender & Society 4: 139-158. Bielby, W. T., and D. D. Bielby. 1992. “I Will Follow Him: Family Ties, Gender-Role Beliefs, and Reluctance to Relocate for a Better Job.” American Journal of Sociology 97: 1241-1267. Browne, Irene and Joye Misra, 2003. "The intersection of gender and race in the labor market.” Annual Review of Sociology 29:487-513. Budig, Michelle J. 2002. "Male Advantage and the Gender Composition of Jobs: Who Rides the Glass Escalator?" Social Problems 49:258-277. Budig, Michelle J. and Paula England. 2001. "The Wage Penalty for Motherhood." American Sociological Review 66:204-255. Cohen, Philip N. and Matt L. Huffman. 2003. "Individuals, Jobs, and Labor Markets: The Devaluation of Women's Work." American Sociological Review 68:443-463. Cohen, Phillip, and Matt Huffman. 2007. “Working for the Woman: Female Managers and the Gender Wage Gap.” American Sociological Review 72(5):681-704. Coltrane, Scott. 2000. “Research on household labor: Modeling and measuring the social embeddedness of routine family work.” Journal of Marriage and Family 62(4): 1208-1233. Correll, Shelley J., Stephen Benard, and In Paik. 2007. “Getting a Job: Is there a Motherhood Penalty?” American Journal of Sociology 112, 5 (March): 1297-1338. England, Paula. 1992. Comparable Worth: Theories and Evidence. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. England, Paula. 2005. “Gender Inequality in Labor Markets: the Role of Motherhood and Segregation.” Social Politics 12, 2: 264-88. England, Paula. 2005. “Emerging Theories of Care Work.” Annual Review of Sociology 31: 381- 399. Marting, Patricia Yancey. 2003. “‘Said and Done’ versus ‘Saying and Doing’: Gendering Practices, Practicing Gender at Work.” Gender & Society 17(3):342-366. Wharton, Amy. 2009. “The Sociology of Emotional Labor.” Annual Review of Sociology 35. Williams, Christine L. 1992. “The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the ‘Female’ Professions.” Social Problems 39(3): 253-267. Time and the Division of Household Labor: (16 readings) Bianchi, Suzanne M., John Robinson, Liana Sayer, and Melissa Milkie. 2000. “Is Anyone Doing the Housework? Trends in the Gender Division of Household Labor.” Social Forces 79: 191-228. Bittman, M., Paula England, and Nancy Folbre. 2003. “When Does Gender Trump Money? Bargaining and Time in Household Work.” American Journal of Sociology 109:186-214. Blair-Loy, Mary, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Allison J. Pugh, Williams, Joan C. Williams, and Heidi Hartmann. 2015. “Stability and transformation in gender, work, and family: insights from the second shift for the next quarter century.” Community Work & Family 18(4):435-454. Note: I am assigning this article in lieu of the two Hochschil books below, which are entirely optional: Hochschild, Arlie, 1989. The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home. Viking. Hochschild, Arlie. 2001. The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work. Holt Paperbacks. Brines, Julie. 1994. “Economic Dependency, Gender, and the Division of labor at Home.” American Journal of Sociology 100:652-689. Compare with Gupta, below, and with Bittman et al., above. Cha, Youngjoo. 2010. "Reinforcing Separate Spheres." American Sociological Review 75:303- 329. Coltrane, Scott. 1989. "Household Labor and the Routine Production of Gender." Social Problems 36:473-490. Fuwa,