Must do readings and follow all the instructions and rubric attatched
must not plagiarize or submit late
MUST not write less or more than required
MUST be 4 pages 1.5 spaced
must be straight to the point
Format
INCLUDE: Your Name
Full bibliographic citation of the reading
Date of Entry
Overview
Write a response for all required readings for two weeks of the course syllabus
Write a separate response for each assigned reading for that week and end with a reflection on the pieces in relationship to each other
Use a grammatically correct but Informal writing style
Reflect on the issues raised in the reading, the framework for analysis, key arguments and comment on the strengths and weaknesses
1 page per reading plus 1 page discussing them in relation to each other – 1.5 spaces: Total pages: 4 (1.5 spaced) Arial size 11 font
CONTROVERSY OR QUESTION
What key issue/s is the author is addressing?
ARGUMENTS – AUTHOR’S THESIS & CONTRIBUTION
In your own words briefly outline the author's main arguments & contribution
IS IT CONVINCING – WELL SUPPORTED?
How well does the author support their argument – discuss the evidence they use to support their argument/s.
YOUR ASSESMENT
Strengths: What aspect of the reading did you find most interesting, informative, enlightening?
Weaknesses: what was least persuasive?
Do the ideas in this article connect with, and/or support, and/or contradict other readings you have read/ studied?
Does the reading match or contradict your personal experience or knowledge of these events?
IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER
How the articles reinforce or contradict each other?
Do the authors share an analytical framework?
What did you learn from them?
Oct 24: Gender Sexualities and Colonialism 1
Readings
Sander Gilman, “The Hottentot and Prostitute in Difference and Pathology: Stereotypes of Sexuality, Race and Madness. Cornell University (1985), 76-108
Bonita Lawrence “Gender, Race and the Regulation of Native Identity in Canada and the United States” Hypatia 18:2 (2003)
Oct 31: Gender, Sexualities and Colonialism 2
Readings
*Ania Loomba “Gender Sexuality and Colonial Discourse” 153-170
Robert Young, “White Power, white desire: The political economy of miscegenation’” In Colonial Desire: Hybrid in Theory, Culture and Race. Routledge, (1995), 133-150
Neferti Xina M. Tadiar, “Sexual Economies” Chapter 1 Fantasy production: Sexual economies and other Philippine consequences for the new world order. Vol. 1. Hong Kong University Press, 2004, pp.37-77