Universität Wien

120082 PS Interdisziplinärer Kurs (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies (2009S)

Naming our selves and telling our stories in our own words

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 19.03. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 26.03. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 02.04. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 23.04. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 30.04. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 07.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 14.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 28.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 04.06. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 18.06. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 25.06. 17:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

"Here, we attempt to bridge the contradictions in our experience [¿] We do this by naming our selves and by telling our stories in our own words."1

The attempt to create a space for subjectivity is central to texts written by women of color that often deal with issues such as the historization of oppression, the reclaiming of history, the construction of collectivist memory, and the use of literature and film as means of resistance, and as a way of bridging the gap between theory and practice.2 These concepts will be only some of the central question we will explore in this interactive course. We will also engage in cultural studies' discussions of race, ethnicity, class and sexuality on the basis of historical contextualization, and theoretical debates that are essential to the discussion of the representation of women of color in the U.S.
We will critically discuss a vast number of theoretical, historical texts and fictional texts by African-American, Asian American and Chicana feminists.
The course will introduce the students to influential debates within feminist thought such as difference vs. essentialism, standpoint theory, postcolonialism and whiteness studies.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance, participation in critically engaged discussions, a presentation in class, three portfolios, a final written exam.
1 Moraga, Cherrie, "Theory in the Flesh," in This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Eds. Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua. San Francisco, 1981.
2 Carby, Hazel, "On the Threshold of a Woman's Era": Lynching, Empire, and Sexuality in Black Feminist Theory," in Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation and Postcolonial Perspectives. Eds. Anne McClintock et al. Minneapolis 1997. p. 337.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

A course reader will be available with excerpts from theoretical, historical and fictional texts; two movies will be shown.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

501, 701, 1131

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33