GWSS 590 A: Special Topics

FEMINIST FIGHTS PETTY FIGHTS. BAD BLOOD. DYKE DRAMA. IDEOLOGICAL WARFARE. POLITICAL IMPASSES. THIS CLASS EXPLORES HOW CONFLICT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CENTRAL TO FEMINIST THINKING, AND TO THE DISCIPLINAARY FORMATIONS OF FEMINISM WITHIN THE ACADEMY. WE EXAMINE HOW FIGHTS - INTERPERSONAL, IDEOLOGICAL, AND THE LINES THAT BLUR THE TWO - ARE OFTEN THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH FEMINISM'S POLITICAL IMAGINATIONS ARE CONFIGURED. WE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO HOW FEMINIST FIGHTS ACROSS THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES ARE LACED WITH (OVER)DETERMINATIONS OF RACE, GENDER, CLASS, SEXUALITY, AND NATION THAT PRODUCE ENDLESSLY MORE FIGHTS. OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING TUESDAY - ASYNCHRONOUS; THURSDAY - SYNCHRONOUS