1xbet online casino Women: WS 150/HUM 156, Section 3

Spring 1998, 11:10 - 12:00 noon
Professor Karin Westman
425 Benson Hall; 322-2328
Karin.E.Westman@Vanderbilt.Edu
1xbet online casino : MW 1-2 pm, TR 11-12 noon, and by app't.
1xbet online casino Texts:
1xbet online casino Pak (Rand Campus Copy)
Xeroxes (Reserve, Heard Library); handouts (in 1xbet online casino )
Douglas, Where the Girls Are (Random House)
Berger, Ways of Seeing (Penguin)
Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Everyman)
Woolf, A Room of 1xbet online casino 's Own (HBJ)
Naylor, Mama 1xbet online casino (Vintage)
Atwood, A Handmaid's Tale (Fawcett)
1xbet online casino Description and Objectives:
In this course, we will explore how visual and textual images shape our beliefs and values about sex, gender, and sexuality. As we analyze and discuss images of women, we will be necessity address images of men as well. We begin the semester by studying that part of American culture most readily at hand: the images of femaleness and femininity presented in advertisements, popular music, television, and film. Next, stepping back for an historical perspective, we investigate how we have acquired our late-twentieth century ideas and ideals. Finally, we will consider how race, ethnicity, 1xbet online casino , and sexual orientation further revise our definitions and understanding of the social roles available to women and men in American culture.
Requirements and General Expectations:
1xbet online casino : You are expected to complete each reading assignment before coming to class. You are further expected to think carefully about what you read and to make notes in 1xbet online casino book prior to each class meeting. Bring the appropriate book or articles to class each day and additionally mark passages that we discuss; this process will help you understand, remember, and review.
1xbet online casino Participation and Attendance: Although this is a large class, you will be asked to participate regularly in class discussions and in collaborative learning groups. 1xbet online casino attendance is therefore important. You will not be penalized for 1xbet online casino first three absences; thereafter, 1xbet online casino class participation grade will drop one grade increment (i.e., B to B-) for each day missed. Excessive unexcused absences (five or more) will adversely affect 1xbet online casino final course grade. I appreciate 1xbet online casino offering explanations for absences; however, the only way to excuse an absence is to provide me with an official letter from 1xbet online casino dean.
Quizzes: I reserve the right to administer reading quizzes as necessary. Grades from reading quizzes will be part of 1xbet online casino class participation grade; should you be absent on the day of a quiz, you will receive a zero, unless the absence is excused.
Papers: 1xbet online casino will write two short papers. The papers are due at the time the class meets. Late papers will be penalized one full grade (i.e., B to C) for each day late. More information about papers 1xbet online casino and two follows the syllabus.
Daedalus Sessions in Garland Lab: Our 1xbet online casino is a pilot course for the use of the Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment software in Women's Studies at Vanderbilt. Some of our classes will meet in the Garland Computer Lab. Because the lab cannot accommodate a 1xbet online casino of our size, we will divide into discussion sections on lab days, designated as Group A and Group B on the syllabus. **You must come to the lab on the day assigned to 1xbet online casino section.** You may not attend the other section's lab without obtaining my permission in advance of the lab session. On the days when one section of the class meets in the lab, the other section meets in our usual classroom. 1xbet online casino preparation for and participation in Daedalus sessions should follow the guidelines noted above for "Reading" and "1xbet online casino Participation and Attendance."
Daedalus Electronic 1xbet online casino : Beginning the second week of class, I'll establish a conference each week in which you can post comments about the materials we're studying in class. Each student is required to make at least one comment each week. I will monitor these discussions and assess a grade (at the end of the semester) based on the thoughtfulness of 1xbet online casino comments, their ability to foster discussion among 1xbet online casino classmates, and their responsiveness both to our readings and to 1xbet online casino classmates' comments in class and on the bulletin board. 1xbet online casino postings do not need to be long; however, they need to be substantive: they must be long enough to convey clearly the problem you are taking up and 1xbet online casino point of view, connecting 1xbet online casino comment to others' comments, as appropriate. I will offer models of helpful comments early in the semester. Directions for posting can be found here.
Examinations: 1xbet online casino will have a midterm and a final exam for the course.
Night Screenings of Movies: I will schedule screenings of the three films we will discuss. You are required to see each film before our discussion. If you cannot attend the scheduled screenings, please notify me; you must then arrange to see the film on 1xbet online casino own by the time of its discussion in class.
1xbet online casino : There are no mandatory conferences for this course. I encourage 1xbet online casino , however, to stop by during office hours, particularly before an assignment is due. Please also consider stopping by during the first few weeks of class for a brief (and very informal) conference. If 1xbet online casino have any specific questions or concerns about the course or the readings, bring them with 1xbet online casino , but no agenda is necessary: this is simply a way to get to know each other. Please see me to make an appointment if my office hours are not convenient for 1xbet online casino .
Teaching Assistant: This class is fortunate to have Laura Patterson as its teaching assistant. She and I will be sharing the grading of 1xbet online casino papers, quizzes, and exams. If you feel there is a problem with a grade which Ms. Patterson assigns, see her first. If the two of you cannot solve the problem, I will be happy to meet with the two of you together. If you feel there is a problem with a grade that I assign, come directly to me rather than seeing Ms. Patterson.
Grading:
Paper #1
Paper #2
1xbet online casino Participation
Midterm Exam
1xbet online casino
10%
15%
25%
25%
25%

Syllabus
[Unless otherwise indicated by (x) for xerox or (h) for handout,
articles are found in 1xbet online casino Class Pak or required book.]
January
W 7 Introduction
Sex/1xbet online casino
F 9 Devor, "1xbet online casino Role Behaviors and Attitudes" (h)
M 12 Tannen, "How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently" (x); Sadker and Sadker, "Higher Education" (x)
Note: Group A: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
Group B: Meet in classroom
W 14 Lyman, "The Fraternal Bond as a Joking Relationship" (x); Kimmel, "Clarence, William, Iron Mike, Tailhook, Senator Packwood, Spur Posse, Magic,...and Us" (x)
Note: Group A: Meet in classroom
Group B: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
F 16 Walker, "The Many Faces of Feminism"; Barracca, "How Many Feminists Does It Take..."; Kimmel, "Real 1xbet online casino Join the Movement" (x) Paper #1 1xbet online casino
M 19 Douglas, Chp. 7 and Chp. 8 (139-91)
Desiring Bodies and Ideal Selves
W 21 Douglas, Introduction (3-20); Berger (7-81)
F 23 Berger (129-55); Douglas, Chp. 11 (245-68)
M 26 Barthel, "A Gentleman and a Consumer" and "Appendix"; "Magazines Reassess..."; Dobosz, "Thicker Thighs by Thanksgiving" (x)
W 28 Wolf, "The Beauty Myth" and "Hunger"; Prager, "Our Barbies, Ourselves" (h); Quindlen, "Barbie at 45" (h)
F 30 Douglas, Chp.1 and Chp. 2 (21-60); Paper #2 1xbet online casino
Note: Group A: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
Group B: Meet in classroom
February
M 2 Douglas, Chp.3 (61-81); Barson and Heller, "Dating Do's and Don'ts--and Maybe's" (x); Minot, "Lust" (x); Palac, "How Dirty Pictures Changed My 1xbet online casino "
W 4 Douglas, Chp.'s 4, 5, and 6 (83-138)
Note: Group A: Meet in classroom
Group B: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
F 6 Douglas, Chp.9 and 10 (193-244); Mulvey, "1xbet online casino Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (x)
M 9 1xbet online casino of "Thelma and Louise" and "Boys on the Side"
W 11 Review for Exam #1
F 13 Exam #1
How 1xbet online casino We Get Where We Are Today?
M 16 Genesis 1:1 to 3:24; Genesis 39:1-23; Leviticus 12:1-8 and 15:19-30; Ruth 1:1 to 4:22; I Corinthians 11:1-16 [Note: 1xbet online casino may read these selections in any translation, but try to glance at the King James Version, too, for comparison.]
W 18 Armstrong, "The Rise of the Domestic Woman" (x)
F 20 Wollstonecraft, Introduction, Dedication, Chp. 1 and 9
Note: Group A: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
Group B: Meet in classroom
M 23 Wollstonecraft, Chp. 4 and 5
Note: Group A: Meet in classroom
Group B: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
W 25 Stanton, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls" (1848); Jefferson, "Declaration of Independence" (1776) (h)
F 27 Glaspell, "Jury of Her Peers"
SPRING BREAK / FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 8
March
M 9 Willis, "Abortion: Whose Right to Life Is It Anyway" (x); 1xbet online casino Faludi, Backlash (x)
W 11 Gilbert and Gubar, "The Queen's Looking Glass" (x)
F 13 Woolf, Chp. 1-3
Note: Group A: Meet in classroom
Group B: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
M 16 Woolf, Chp. 4-6
Note: Group A: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
Group B: Meet in classroom
W 18 Rich, "When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Revision"
Revisions: Race, Ethnicity, 1xbet online casino , and Sexuality
F 20 MacIntosh, "White Privilege and Male Privilege"; Jenious, "The Problem of African 1xbet online casino Feminism"; Yamada, "Asian Pacific 1xbet online casino Women and Feminism"
M 23 Gage, "Reminiscences...of Sojourner Truth"; Waller and Razaf, "(1xbet online casino Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" (h); Forman, "Stoplight Politics" (h)
W 25 Walker, "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens"
F 27 Collins, "Black 1xbet online casino and Motherhood" (x)
M 30 Naylor, Mama 1xbet online casino (1-165)
April
W 1 Mama 1xbet online casino (166-312)
Note: Group A: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
Group B: Meet in classroom
F 3 Mama 1xbet online casino
Note: Group A: Meet in classroom
Group B: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
M 6 Cofer, "The Story of 1xbet online casino Body" (x); Yamada, "Invisibility Is an Unnatural Disaster"
W 8 Vasquez, "Appearances"; 1xbet online casino of Jordan, The Crying Game
F 10 1xbet online casino of The Crying Game, continued.
1xbet online casino to the Future?
M 13 Atwood, A Handmaid's Tale (1-135)
W 15 A Handmaid's Tale (136-253)
Note: Group A: Meet in classroom
Group B: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
F 17 A Handmaid's Tale (254-395)
Note: Group A: Meet in Garland Computer Lab
Group B: Meet in classroom
M 20 Douglas, Chp. 12 (269-94) and Epilogue (295-316); Review for Exam #2

Guidelines for Papers
General Instructions
Papers should follow the general rules of composition and be typed or word-processed with standard double-spacing, 1-inch margins, and either 10- or 12-point typeface. Title pages and covers are unnecessary. Pages should be numbered, stapled together, and spell-checked. Because this is not an English 1xbet online casino , errors in grammar and punctuation will be marked but will not be factors in the grading of the paper unless the mistakes are so numerous or egregious as to distract from the argument. Papers are due at the time the 1xbet online casino meets; late papers will be penalized one grade (i.e., B to C) for each day late.
Paper #1
1xbet online casino first paper is a personal essay (3-5 pp.) in which you reflect upon what it means to you to be female or male, or feminine or masculine, in the culture in which you live. The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to think analytically about how sex and gender make differences in the ways we relate to school, work, goals, family, friendships, intimate relationships, and/or life choices.
One approach to this assignment is to think about the first time you realized that sex or gender was, in some way, significant. How did this realization occur? What was 1xbet online casino reaction? How has this realization affected 1xbet online casino thinking? Another approach is to consider how 1xbet online casino life decisions so far have been related to social constructions of sex or gender. Whatever approach you choose, be creative, but be honest. While this essay may be informal and anecdotal, it must be grounded in 1xbet online casino details--do not offer vague generalizations. Wherever possible, 1xbet online casino why 1xbet online casino have reacted and felt the way 1xbet online casino have about sex and gender, and how 1xbet online casino attitudes have been informed by the culture in which you live--by media, family, friends, teachers, ethnicity, nationality, religion, race, socio-economic class, for example.
Paper #2
1xbet online casino second paper (4-5 pp.) is an analysis of an advertisement. The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to think critically about the constructions and assumptions of sex and gender that inform advertisements. Pay attention to visual images and text, if 1xbet online casino ad includes both, and focus on analyzing these elements and their (intended) effect on a viewer. Where appropriate, 1xbet online casino analysis should engage the techniques that John Berger explains in Ways of Seeing. 1xbet online casino analysis should be specific, and 1xbet online casino ideas should be carefully supported by evidence from the ad. Some points to consider as you choose 1xbet online casino ad:
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