| Course Title: Women and Gender in the Study of Culture: 'Simians, Cyborgs, and Women' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course offers an introduction to the work of feminist science scholar Donna Haraway, particularly as it relates to the cultural politics of primatology and cybernetics. We will focus on the social construction of "nature" as a system of production and reproduction in which women, apes, and cyborgs are bound together through fantasies of transcendence that mask the political, economic, and social underpinnings of scientific and technical knowledge. In addition to reading criticism by Haraway and others, we will examine twentieth-century literary, artistic, theatrical, and cinematic representations that engage with these three figures as they shape our notions of gender and species. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Erika Rundle | erundle@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:30PM - 02:45PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: GNDST-101. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought major | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 8 | Available: 10 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Manifestly Haraway Author: Haraway, Donna J. Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781452950143 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press |
Required | 19.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at N/A |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: "Manifestly Haraway" is available for free as an e-book through the Mount Holyoke Library. There is no need to purchase a hard copy of the book unless you'd prefer one. |