SOWK 335.001. Social Analysis for Social Work Practice. - School of ...

SOWK335(001) – 2012-2013
Course Schedule, term 2
Weeks 1-4: Feminisms – Professor Helen Allen
Week 1: Jan 3, Who’s Counting? Sex, Lies and Global Economics.
Marilyn Waring video.
Judith Lorber pps 1-21. Gender Inequality: Feminist Theories and Politics.
http://www.socqrl.niu.edu/myers/feminisms.html
Week 2: Jan 10, Gender Reform Feminisms:
http://roxbury.net/images/pdfs/gi3ch1.pdf
Brown, Leslie, Callahan, Marilyn, Strega, Susan, Walmsley, Christopher and Dominelli,
Lena. 2009. Manufacturing ghost fathers: the paradox of father presence and absence
in child welfare. Child and Family Social Work, 14, pp 25–34.
Christine L. Williams. 1992. The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the
“Female” Professions. Social Problems. 39. 253-267.
Week 3: Jan 17, Gender Resistance Feminisms
Thompson, Chapter 3: Gender and sexism
Shantih E. Clemans 2004 Life Changing: The Experience of Rape-Crisis Work Affilia
19; 146.
Grant, Judith. 2006. Andrea Dworkin and the Social Construction of Gender: A
Retrospective. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Volume 31, Issue 4,
Page 967–993, Jun 2006.
Week 4: Jan 24, Gender Rebellion Feminisms
Lotz, D. 2003. Communicating Third Wave Feminism and New Social Movements:
Challenges for the Next Century of Feminist Endeavor. Women and Language. 26, 1,
2-9.
Neysmith Sheila M., Reitsma-Street, Marge. 2005. Provisioning: Conceptualizing the
work of women for 21st century social policy. Women’s Studies International Forum
28,381– 391.
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