2007-08 - Pitzer College

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gender and race. We will place the experiences of women of color at the center of
analysis, looking at the socioeconomic and political conditions which affect their lives.
The power relations in the construction of women’s discourses will be presented as an
integral part of the struggle of “minority” groups in the U.S.. Prerequisite:
Fall, M. Soldatenko.
118. Gender and Global Restructuring. In this course we will explore the relationship
between globalization, gender and work. We will study the major trends of global
restructuring and their effect on the gender division of labor. Using examples of three
major gendered production networks: export production, sex work and domestic service
through the lives and experiences of poor women. Prerequisite: GFS 60 or equivalent.
Spring, M. Soldatenko.
154CH. Latinas in the Garment Industry. [Also Spanish 154] This research seminar will
study the lives and work of Latinas in the garment industry in Southern California, using
an historical and comparative approach. This course will consider the origins of this
industry in the U.S.A., including unionization efforts, and the impact of globalization on
women in plants abroad. The emphasis, however, is on contemporary Latinas working in
the Los Angeles area. Students will need to be available to participate in several
afternoon-long field trips to the garment district. This course fulfills Spanish requirement
only if the students are bilingual and write their papers in Spanish. Approval by Ethel
Jorge needed only for those interested in getting Spanish credit. M. Soldatenko/E. Jorge.
[not offered 2006-07]
155CH. Chicana Feminist Epistemology. We will learn about the Chicanas’ ways of
knowing. We will work towards an understanding of the origins, development and
current debates on Chicana feminism in the United States. Through the interdisciplinary
study of Chicana writings, we will search for the different epistemologies Chicanas
contribute to the debates on feminism and research methods. From the Marxist and
Socialist scholars to the postmodern conceptualizations in cultural studies, Chicanas have
struggled to conceptualize their identity, struggles and their own construction of
knowledge. Prerequisite: ID 26 or women’s studies course. Fall, M. Soldatenko.
GFS 166CH. Chicana Feminist Epistemology. Examination of Chicanas’ ways of
knowing and the origins, development and current debates on Chicana feminism in the
United States. The study of Chicana writings informs a search for the different
epistemologies and contributions to feminism and research methods. Fall, M. Soldatenko.
168. Women’s Ways of Knowing. We will examine the social location of individual
feminists producing theory. In other words, we will inquire into the classed, gendered,
and raced social construction of knowledge among feminists themselves. Sandra Harding
proposed three major epistemologies in feminism: feminist empiricism, feminist
standpoint epistemology and postmodern feminist epistemology. We will use Harding’s
model as a starting point, moving through several exemplary feminist readings. We will
depart from some basic questions: How do we know what we know? Who can be a
knower? How are we able to achieve knowledge? Letter grades only. Prerequisite: GFS/ID
26 or equivalent. M. Soldatenko. [not offered 2007-08]
ID 191. Senior Thesis or Project. Staff [Pitzer].
Cross-listed:
GENDER AND FEMINIST STUDIES
For course descriptions semester offered, and prerequisites of cross-listed courses, please
see the Intercollegiate Women’s Studies brochure or the relevant College’s course catalog.
Anthropology 50. Sex, Body and Reproduction. E. Chao.
Anthropology 88. China: Gender, Cosmology and the State. E. Chao.
Art 122. Intermediate Photography. (PO) S. Pinkel.
Art 123. Advanced Photography. (PO) S. Pinkel.
Art 183. Feminist Concepts in Media Studies. (SCR) N. Macko.
Art History 178. Black Aesthetics and the Politics of (Re)presentation. (PO) P. Jackson.
Art History 185G. Gendering the Renaissance. (PO) G. Gorse.
Asian American Studies 90. Asian American and Multiracial Community Studies.
(SCR) S. Suh.
Classics 114. Female and Male in Ancient Greece. (SCR) E. Finkelpearl.
Economics 122. Poverty and Income Distribution. (PO) C. Conrad.
English 9. Reading/Writing Autobiography. L. Harris.
English 42eBK. Girl-Worlds: Female “Coming of Age” Literature. L. Harris.
English 64C. Screenwriting. (PO) K. Fitzpatrick.
English 115. British Women Writers Before 1900. S. Bhattacharya.
English 125D. Literature and Film of the African Diaspora. (PO) V. Thomas.
English 132BK. Black Queer Narratives and Theories. L. Harris.
English 134BK. Harlem Renaissance. (See English 134BK.) L. Harris
English 140. Literature of Incarceration: Writings from No Man’s Land. (PO) T. Clark/V. Thomas.
English 141. Topics in Contemporary Fiction. (PO) K. Fitzpatrick.
English 162. Virginia Woolf. (PO) T. Clark.
English 174. Contemporary Women Writers. (SCR) G. Greene.
English 176. Southern Women Writers. (SCR) C. Walker.
English 177. The Memoir. (SCR) G. Greene.
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