CGS 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article Notes: Heterosexuality, The Circular Ruins, Misogyny

• School: UCSD
• Department: Critical Gender Studies
• Course: CGS 105
• Professor: Roshanak Kheshti

Document Summary

Cgs 105 article notes subjects of sex/gender/desire. " the politi(cid:272)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t pro(cid:272)eeds (cid:449)ith (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) legiti(cid:373)ati(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374)ar(cid:455) ai(cid:373)s " (cid:894)5(cid:895) "feminist critique ought also to understand how the category of "women," the subject of feminism, is produced and restrained by the very structures of power through which emancipation is sought" (5) Feminist genealogy: "to trace the political operations that produce and conceal what qualifies as the juridical subject of feminism" (9) Split in the unity of women because of the difference between sex and gender: ge(cid:374)der is (cid:374)ot the (cid:272)ultural i(cid:374)terpretatio(cid:374) of se(cid:454), si(cid:374)(cid:272)e " ge(cid:374)der (cid:373)ust also desig(cid:374)ate the (cid:448)er(cid:455) apparatus of production whereby the sexes themselves are established. Feminist understanding of gender either says that gender is a "secondary characteristic" or that. " ide(cid:374)tities (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)e i(cid:374)to (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d dissol(cid:448)e depe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g o(cid:374) the (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)rete pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es that constitute them" (22) " "(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g" a se(cid:454) or ge(cid:374)der is fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tall(cid:455) i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le" (cid:894)(cid:1006)5(cid:895)