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McGill University
Institute of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
WMST 303: Feminist Theory and Research
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:05-11:25; EDUC 211
Winter 2013
Instructor:
E. Groeneveld
Office:
IGSF, 3487 Peel St., Room 301
Phone:
(514) 398-4400 x. 089632
Email:
[email protected]ill.ca
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 1:00-2:00, or by appointment
Course Description
This course is a comparative and critical examination of feminist theories and their methodological
implications, including contributions of and tensions between various feminisms. The course features
landmark critical essays that have shaped feminist theory, and which have important implications for
feminist research. We will also examine contemporary debates and developments within feminist
theorizations of gender, the body, and popular culture. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to feminist
theory and methods, this course will encourage students to make connections between the course
materials and their own disciplinary backgrounds and research interests.
Approach
Our classes time will consist of lectures, small and large group discussion; we will also have the
occasional guest speaker. I will assume that you have read the assigned materials; please have the
weekly readings completed before the beginning of class and come prepared for critical discussion. You
are expected to bring the readings to class.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
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Speak and write critically about contemporary and historical debates within feminism
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Read and assess scholarly articles, in terms of their argument, assumptions, benefits, and
limitations.
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Make meaningful connections between feminist theories and methods and your own field of
interest/discipline
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Compare and contrast different theoretical and methodological approaches to feminist praxis.
Required Texts
Elizabeth Groeneveld, ed.
Feminist Theory and Methods
(2011). [Course Package]
Recommended:
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Lina Leavy, eds.
Feminist Research Practice: A Primer
(2007)
.
Linda Tuhiwai Smith.
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples
(2002).
Marks Breakdown
Critical Reading Responses
40% (8 x 5% each)
Final Assignment
30%
Take-Home Exam
30%
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Assignments
All written assignments must:
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be typed and double-spaced using 12 pt. Times New Roman font
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have one-inch margins
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use MLA formatting (see
for guidelines)
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have the student’s name, the instructor’s name, course code, date, and word count printed in the
top left-hand corner of the first page (no title page is necessary)
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have numbered pages
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be submitted as a hard copy; email submissions will not be accepted
“In accord with McGill University’s Charter of Students’ Rights, students in this course have the right to
submit in English or in French any written work that is to be graded.”
Critical Reading Responses
Value:
40% (8 x 5% each)
Due Dates:
on the date we are discussing the reading to which you are responding (e.g. a response to
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