| Course Title: Women and Gender in Philosophy and Religion: 'Women and Gender in Judaism' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course examines gender as a key category in Jewish religious thought and practice. Students examine different theories of gender and intersectional feminisms, concepts of gender in a range of Jewish sources, and feminist Jewish responses to those sources. Students work with the Judaica collection at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum and consider material culture as a source for women's and gender studies. Topics may include: how Jewish practice and law regulate sexuality and desire; feminist, queer and trans methods of engaging patriarchal texts; methods of studying women and gender in Jewish cultures; racialization. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Mara Benjamin | benjamin@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Lecture | Wednesday and Friday | 01:30PM - 02:45PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 126 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| JWST-234-01 Women and Gender in Judaism |
| GNDST-210JD-01 Women and Gender in Judaism |
| RELIG-234-01 Women and Gender in Judaism |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 10 | Available: 8 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Standing Again at Sinai Author: Plaskow, Judith Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780060666842 Publisher: |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: Women and Jewish Law Author: Biale, Rachel Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780805210491 Publisher: |
Required | 17.95 |
| Title: The Soul of the Stranger Author: Ladin, Joy Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781512602937 Publisher: Brandeis University Press |
Required | 29.95 |
| Title: My Life as a Radical Jewish Woman Author: Rakovsky, Puah Copyright: 2001 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780253108579 Publisher: Indiana UP |
Required | 22.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookshop |