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Difference & Desire |
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Syllabus |
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REQUIRED READINGS: · Michel Foucault, History of Sexuality, 1985. · Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks, 1967. · Cynthia Enloe, Maneuvers, 2000. · Xeroxed course reader. All required texts are available for purchase at
the college book store and are available on-line at various retail sites. Additional readings marked RESERVED READINGS
in the syllabus are to be found in a xeroxed course reader available
for purchase at the college book store and on closed reserve at the
college library. PROGRAM
ASSIGNMENTS: · Weekly seminar paper - 1-2 pgs. · In-class writing workshops. · Panel presentation – 10 minutes. · Mid-term arts project. · Webzine arts project. · Research paper. · Portfolio - student’s comprehensive files and study log for the term.
This is a reading and writing intensive program that incorporates artistic projects as part of the learning process. All program tasks must be completed to earn credits. All formal papers must be typed in a reasonable font and double-spaced. Class attendance and participation are required. EVALUATION CRITERIA: · Interest and participation in program content and activities. · Seminar preparation and discussion. · Learning and academic growth. · Merit and academic performance, including timeliness with assignments. WEEKLY SCHEDULE: Weds Business meeting, 9-9:30 am, Cab 110. Integration seminars, 9:30-11 am, L2218, L2220. Webzine seminar/workshop, 11-1 pm, Cab 108.
Thurs Global history lecture, 10-12 am, Cab 110. Reading seminars, 1-3 pm, L1509, L2614. Group workshops, 3-4 pm, Cab 110. Fri Visual studies lecture, 10-12 am, L1316. Film screening and discussion, 1-4 pm, Lh2. WEEK 1, Apr 4-6 – INTRODUCTIONS Weds, Apr 4 9-10:00/ Cab 110 – Introductory business meeting. 10:00-12:00 / Cab 108 – Getting to know each other. Thurs, Apr 5 10-12 / Cab 110 – Program introduction and goals; intro to concepts. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading Seminars – READING: Foucault, History of Sexuality, Vol. 1. 3-4 / Cab 110 – Getting to know each other. Planning and assignments workshop. Fri, Apr 6 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies intro. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: Not for Sale: Feminism and Art in the USA during the 1970s, Laura Cottingham, 1998. WEEK 2, Apr 11-13 – MASTER AND SLAVE Weds, Apr 11
9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, Apr 12 10-12 / Cab 110 – The World after the War: the Cold War and the Origins of Anti-Colonial Struggles. READING: Enloe, Preface and Chapter 1. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars – Theorizing
power. RESERVED READINGS: Ann Laura Stoler, “Colonial Studies and The History of Sexuality,” Georg W.F. Hegel,
“Phenomenology of Spirit,” Butler, Judith, “Desire, Rhetoric,
and Recognition in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit.” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, Apr 13 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1965. WEEK 3, Apr 18-20 – RACE AND SEXUALITY Weds, Apr 18 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. (Paper topic and first annotated bibliography due.) 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, Apr 19 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history lecture - Africa. READING: Enloe, Chapter 2. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars - Race and the Education of Desire. READING: Frantz Fanon, Black Skin/White Masks. RESERVED READINGS: Mark Nash, Isaac Julien, Martina Attille, Raoul Peck, Homi K. Bhabha, “Film-makers Dialogue,” and bell hooks, Lyle Ashton Harris, Gilane Tawadros, Homi K. Bhabha, Members of the audience, “Dialogue.” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Bring Portfolios to class. Fri, Apr 20 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask, Isaac Julien, 1996. WEEK 4, Apr 25-27 –HYBRIDITY
AND OTHERNESS
Weds, Apr 25 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, Apr 26 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history lecture –U.S.A. READING: Enloe, Chapter 3. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars –Notions of In-Between. RESERVED READINGS: Robert J.C. Young, “Hybridity and Diaspora,” M.A. Jaimes-Guerrero, “Savage Hegemony: From ‘Endangered Species’ to Feminist Indiginism.” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, Apr 27 Field Trip – Cornel West Lecture at UW. WEEK 5, May 2-4 –WHITENESS Weds, May 2 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. (Paper outline and second annotated bibliography due.) 9:30- 12 / LH Rotunda – Midterm arts show.
Thurs, May 3 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history lecture - Australia. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars - The Privilege of a Sheltered Position. RESERVED READINGS: Dyer, Richard. “The Matter of Whiteness,” Ghassan Hage, “Good White Nationalists: The Tolerant Society as a White Fantasy.” Kaja Silverman, “The Gaze.” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, May 4 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: Film screening: The Body Beautiful, Ngozi Onwurah; Night Cries, Tracey Moffatt. WEEK
6, May 9-11 – MASCULINITY
Weds, May 9 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, May 10 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history lecture -Asia. READING: Enloe, Chapter 4. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars – Manliness and Civilization II. RESERVED READING: Maurice Berger, Brian Wallis, and Simon Watson, “Introduction,” Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, “Gosh, Boy George, You Must Be Awfully Secure in Your Masculinity” Judith Butler, “Melancholy Gender/Refused Identification,” Carole S. Vance, “Social Construction Theory and Sexuality,” Wayen Koestenbaum, “The Aryan Boy Who Pissed on My Father’s Head,” Homi K. Bhabha, “Are You a Man or a Mouse?” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, May 11 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: All Orientals Look the Same/Black Sheep /Destiny and Picturing Oriental Girls Valerie Soe, 1992; World of Susie Wong, Richard Quine, 1960. Webzine drafts due. WEEK
7, May 16-18 – NATIONALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
Weds, May 16 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. (First draft of research paper due.) 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, May 17 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history lecture – Latin America. READING: Enloe, Chapter 5. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars - Queering the Nation. RESERVED READING: Michael Taussig, “The Disorganization of the ‘Organization of Mimesis;’ The Subcomandante Unmasked,” “Refacement: A History of Reading,” “Unmasking and Proliferation,” Enrique Dussel, “Beyond Eurocentrism: The World-System and the Limits of Modernity,” Fredric Jameson, “Notes on Gobalization as a Philosophical Issue,” Noam Chomsky, “Free Trade and Free Market: Pretense and Practice.” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, May 18 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: El Gringo in Mañanaland, Deedee Halleck, 1995. WEEK 8, May 23-25 – AIDS: SCIENCE AS POLITICS Weds, May 23 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, May 24 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history lecture- Africa II. READING: Enloe, Chapter 6. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars – AIDS and the Global Body Politic. RESERVED READING: Paula A. Traichler, “AIDS and HIV infection in the Third World: A First World Chronicle,” Cindy Patton, “Inventing ‘African AIDS.’” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, May 25 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: The Bluest Eyes WEEK 9, May 30-Jun 1 – POSTCOLONIAL TRAFFIC Weds, May 30 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. (Final draft of research paper due.) 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, May 31 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history lecture – Asia II. READING: Enloe, Chapter 7 and conclusion. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars - Global Sex. RESERVED READING: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Setting to Work (Transnational Cultural Studies),” and “Translator’s Preface and Afterword to Mahasweta Devi Imaginary Maps.” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, Jun 1 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening. WEEK
10, Jun 6-8 –ORIENTALISM REVISITED
Weds, Jun 6 9-9:30 / Cab 110 – Business meeting. 9:30-11 / L2218, L2220 – Integration seminars. 11-1 / Cab 108 – Webzine seminar/workshop.
Thurs, Jun 7 10-12 / Cab 110 – Global history wrap up. 1-3 / L1509, L2614 – Reading seminars - What Has Taken Orientalism’s Place? RESERVED READINGS: Said, Edward “Orientalism and After,” David Lloyd, “Nationalisms against the State.” 3-4 / Cab 110 – Group workshops. Fri, Jun 8 10-12 / L1316 – Visual studies lecture. 1-4 / Lh2 – Film screening: From Russia with Love, Terrence Young, 1963. |