CGS 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gender Studies
4 Jul 2018
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CGS 112 – Lecture 1 – Introduction
Syllabus
Reading responses
o3
oBlackboard
oSummarize
oWhat new information did you learn? (NOT methodology)
oShort personal reflection
oAsk a question
oMake it understandable to someone outside of the class
oA pamphlet
Final project
oShort presentation
oNo in-class final
oNo page limit
Monday 16th (?) brainstorming/proposing final
Nation
Connection between nation and race
oCreates categories of belonging to the nation and not belonging to the nation
Social and historical construct
Defined by society
Belonging changes
oEx: Chinese Exclusion Act
Connection between nation and territory
oNation could be an excuse to expand territory
Usually legitimized by racial belonging
Manifest Destiny
White Man’s Burden
Gender
At first, tied to sex (male/female connected to masculine/feminine)
oMale-centered
Things that aren’t male are female
1990s: separating gender from sex
oMale vs. female
Gender as an idea of identity as opposed to sex
oConflicts over concepts of masculinity and femininity
Move from women’s studies -> gender studies
1990s gender connected to race
oWhich means connected to nation and national belonging
Gender expressed in many ways through performance and behavior
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Document Summary
Summarize: what new information did you learn? (not methodology) o. Short personal reflection: ask a question, make it understandable to someone outside of the class, a pamphlet. Short presentation: no in-class final, no page limit. Creates categories of belonging to the nation and not belonging to the nation. Connection between nation and territory: nation could be an excuse to expand territory. At first, tied to sex (male/female connected to masculine/feminine: male-centered. 1990s: separating gender from sex: male vs. female. Gender as an idea of identity as opposed to sex o. Move from women"s studies -> gender studies. 1990s gender connected to race: which means connected to nation and national belonging. Gender expressed in many ways through performance and behavior. Shift to influence by culture led to creation of sexuality: dissonance between sex and gender led people to think that they weren"t heterosexual.
