Grad Syllabus Gender Seminar

SOC 792B Gender and Society Fall Session 2003, 2:30 – 5:00pm Mondays 620 Thompson HallProfessor: Michelle Budig Office: W34 Machmer, Office Hours: 11:30am – 12:30pm, M & W Telephone: 545-5972 e-mail: [email protected]COURSE DESCRIPTION:This course is designed to provide an interdisciplinary overview of the sociology of gender at the graduate level. Theories of gender considered include socialization, sociobiological, and feminist. Feminist methods and other sociological methods are debated. Intersections between gender, race, and class are explored. Topical areas demonstrate how gender is constructed at the individual level of social interaction to the institutionalization of gender in organizations, nations, and the economy. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 1. Required Readings:Required books are available at the Textbook Annex on the UMass Campus. One copy of each book is also on reserve at the library.Connell, R.W. 1995. Masculinities. Berkeley: University of California Press.Craig, Maxine Leeds. 2002. Ain’t I a Beauty Queen? Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race. New York: Oxford University Press.Folbre, Nancy. 1994. Who Pays for the Kids? Gender and the Structures of Constraint. New York: Routledge. Guttentag and Secord. 1983. Too Many Women? The Sex Ratio Question. Sage Publications. Thorne, Barrie. 1994. Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.Tong, Rosemarie. 1998. Feminist Thought. Westview Press.Required articles are all available through JSTOR or from the instructor.2. Term Paper and Presentation:Each student will work on a paper or proposal relevant to gender and/or employment during the semester. Students should orient their work toward either a publishable paper or a research grant proposal. Papers or grant proposals begun previously may be used if substantial progress is made on the paper/proposal during the semester. Projects begun during the semester should culminate in an all-but-the-data-analysis term paper (with proposed plan for conducting the research). Projects will be graded as follows:1- Page summary of proposed paper (due 9/22) 5% of final grade Full outline of proposed paper (due 10/22) 5% First draft of paper (due 11/17) 5% Class Presentation of term paper (12/1 or 12/8) 15%1 Final paper (due 12/19) 40%3. Peer ReviewYou will write a review of another student’s draft of her/his term paper (due 11/24) and share comments one-on-one in class (11/24). Your review will count as 15% of your final grade.4. Discussion LeaderEach student will prepare and lead two class discussions from two different topics on the course schedule. This involves a very brief presentation of the main points of the reading, unanswered questions you have about the topic, and provocative questions for further class discussion on the readings or topic more broadly. Each class discussion will count as 5% of the final grade (for a total of 10%).5. Class ParticipationClass attendance, preparation and attendance are expected. Participation will count as 5% of your final grade.COURSE SCHEDULE September 8 Social Theory and Feminist Theory Sprague, Joey. 1997. “Holy Men and Big Guns: The Can[n]on in Social Theory.” Gender and Society 11(1):88-107. JSTORTong, Rosemarie. 1989. Feminist Thought. Westview Press. “Introduction: Diversity of Feminist Thinking.” ON RESERVESeptember 15 Feminist Methods DebateCancian, Francesca. 1992. “Feminist Science: Methodologies that Challenge Inequality.” Gender and Society 6(4):623-642. JSTORComments and Replies on Cancian (all available through JSTOR) Risman, Barbara, Joey Sprague, and Judith Howard. 1993. “Comment on Francesca M. Cancian’s ‘Feminist Science.’” Gender and Society 7(4):608-609.  Cancian, Francesca. 1993. “Reply to Risman, Sprague, and Howard.” Gender and Society 7(4):610 611.DeVault, Majorie. 1996. “Talking Back to Sociology: Distinctive Contributions of Feminist Methodology.” Annual Review of Sociology 22:29-50. JSTORSeptember 22 Gender, biology, and the bodyRossi, Alice. 1984. “Gender and Parenthood.” American Sociological Review 49:1-19. JSTORUdry, J. Richard. 2000. “Biological Limits of Gender Construction.” American Sociological Review 2 65:443-57. JSTORComments and Replies on Udry (all available through JSTOR) Miller, Eleanor M. and Carrie Yang Costello. 2001. “The Limits of Biological Determinism.” American Sociological Review, 66(4):592-598.  Kennelly, Ivy, Sabine N. Merz, and Judith Lorber. 2001. “What Is Gender?” American Sociological Review, 66(4):598-605..  Risman, Barbara J. 2001. “Calling the Bluff of Value-Free Science.” American Sociological Review, 66(4):605-611.  Udry, J. Richard. 2001. “Feminist Critics Uncover Determinism, Positivism, and Antiquated Theory.” American Sociological Review, 66(4):611-618.  Firebaugh, Glenn. 2001. “The ASR Review Process.” American Sociological Review, 66(4):619- 621.September 29 Gender and SocializationThorne, Barrie. 1994. Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ON RESERVEOctober 6 Feminist Theory: Liberal Feminism and Marxist/Socialist FeminismTong – “Liberal Feminism” and “Marxist and Socialist Feminism” ON RESERVEOctober 15 Feminist Theory: Radical FeminismTong— “Radical Feminism: Libertarian and Cultural Perspectives” ON RESERVEOctober 20 Feminist Theory and PsychologyMaccoby, Eleanor, and Carol Nagy Jacklin. 1974. Psychology of Sex Differences. Stanford: Stanford Univesity Press. Pages 1-13 (Introduction) and 349-374 (Conclusion) ON RESERVETong— “Psychoanalytic and Gender Feminism” ON RESERVEOctober 27 Deconstructing Feminist TheoryTong— “Postmodern Feminism” and “Multicultural and Global Feminism” ON RESERVENovember 3 Gender, Race, and CultureCraig, Maxine Leeds. 2002. Ain’t I a Beauty Queen? Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race. New York: Oxford University Press. ON RESERVENovember 10 Theorizing MasculinityConnell, R.W. 1995. Masculinities. Berkeley: University of California Press. ON RESERVENovember 17 Gender, Ethnomethodology, and Social Interaction 3 Goffman Erving. 1977. “The Arrangement between the Sexes.” Theory and Society 4(3): 301-31. JSTORWest, Candace and Don Zimmerman. 1987. “Doing Gender.” Gender & Society 1: 125-151. JSTORWest, Candace and Sarah Fenstermaker. 1995. “Doing Difference.” Gender & Society 9: 8-37. JSTORPeter Kollock, Philip Blumstein, and Pepper Schwartz. 1985. “Sex and Power in Interaction: Conversational Privileges and Duties.” American Sociological Review. 50:34-46. JSTORTOPICAL READINGS THAT FOLLOW ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION AT STUDENTS’ DISCRETIONNovember 24 Gender and Demographic Pressures Guttentag and Secord. 1983. “Too Many Women? The Sex Ratio Question.” Sage Publications. Chapters 1, (3), 6-9. ON RESERVEDecember 1 Gender and Economic Inequality McLanahan, Sarah, Sorensen, and Watson. 1989. “Sex Differences in Poverty, 1950-1980.” Signs 15(1):102-122. GET FROM INSTRUCTORKathryn Ward. 1990. “Introduction.” Pp. 1-22 in Kathryn Ward’s (ed.) Women Workers and Global Restructuring. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ON RESERVEFolbre, Nancy. 1994. Who Pays for the Kids? Gender and the Structures of Constraint. New York: Routledge. Intro, 1-3, 7 ON RESERVEDecember 8 Gender and Sexual Violence A. Ayres Boswell; Joan Z. Spade. 1996. “Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places f or Women?” Gender and Society, Vol. 10, No. 2. (Apr., 1996), pp. 133-147. JSTORKenneth F. Ferraro. 1996. Women's Fear of Victimization: Shadow of Sexual Assault? Social Forces, Vol. 75, No. 2. (Dec., 1996), pp. 667-690. JSTORBeth E. Schneider. 1991. “Put up and Shut up: Workplace Sexual Assaults.” Gender and Society, Vol. 5, No. 4. (Dec., 1991), pp. 533-548. JSTORJenness, Valerie and Kendal Broad. 1994. “Antiviolence Activism and the (In)Visibility of Gender in the Gay /Lesbian and Women's Movements” Gender and Society 8(3):402-423. JSTOR4

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