![]() One useful way to do this is to focus on a specific part of a reading. In order to prepare for this aspect of the seminar, you should formulate a question and a point for discussion for each reading. The seminar will then open up for general discussion, questions and responses. Seminar Structure: We will begin each session with a short introductory lecture that will be followed by presentation/s. This means that you must keep on top of the required readings-reading thoroughly, carefully and in a timely manner. Seminar Participation: Seminars generally succeed or fail because of the quality of group participation. If there is a medical reason or any other urgent situation, a written note should be submitted for record. Selections of essays (available on Talis Aspire and/or web page)Īttendance: Attendance at each seminar is mandatory. Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World Each unit will have a key literary text around which the different theoretical questions will circulate. The last unit, Gender and the New Empire, will consider the relationship between new forms of global imperialism (the “war on terror” being one instance of it) and the ways in which those have influenced questions of transnational feminist solidarity and activism. In The World, the Body, the Text we will look at cultural and political constructions of the gendered body. In Unveiling the Subject we will examine issues of subjectivity and identity. The rubric of Subalterneity, Solidarity and Experience will consider those three keywords as they pertain to the theory and practice of transnational feminism. We will do this by looking at some themes in Term 2. We will also consider new theorisations of trans-national feminism. ![]() The third unit, Migrating Selves/Working Bodies, will explore how gendered identities are constituted in the context of a rapid globalization of capital and culture, with special emphasis on late capitalist commodity culture, development discourse and transformations in labour and migration processes. In the second unit, Woman/Nation, we will examine anti-colonialist and nationalist writings and consider the relationship between gender, state and nation. We will examine writings by Western women travellers, missionaries, and social reformers and by anti-colonialist writers and activists, as they developed and articulated ideologies of women’s emancipation. The first Modernism, Colonialism and Gender will consider the 19th century context of the “woman question” as integral to the colonial project. The syllabus consists of 7 broad themes over the two terms, each consisting of a number of different threads. In particular, the history of Euro-American colonialism, anti-colonial movements, nationalism, decolonization, development and modernization projects post-World War II, crises of global capitalism, and new social and political movements will provide broad contextual frameworks for understanding transnational feminism. As such, it will examine the tensions, negotiations and new articulations (specifically as transnational feminism) that can be read through the lens of historical developments from the nineteenth century to the present. This module will explore the relationship between Anglo-American and European feminist literary theory and practices with those of feminisms of the global South. Second Years: 2x2,500 word essays and a Research/Creative Project of 1000 wordsĮssay deadlines will be in Week 1 of Terms 2 and 3 Research/Creative Project will be due in Week 3 of Term 3. ![]()
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