Here are some things I have used: Al-Hibri, Azizah Y. “Is Western Patriarchal Feminism Good for Third World/Minority Women?” In *Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?*, edited by Joshua Cohen, Matthew Howard, and Martha C. Nussbaum, 41-46. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Anagol-McGinn, P. “Sexual Harassment in India: A Case Study of Eve-teasing in Historical Perspective.” In *Rethinking Sexual Harassment, *edited by Clare Brant and Yun Lee Too, 220-34. London: Pluto, 1994. Bunch, Charlotte. “Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Toward a Re-Vision of Human Rights.” Correa, Sonia, and Rosalind Petchesky. “Reproductive and Sexual Rights: A Feminist Perspective.” In *Population Policies Reconsidered*, edited by Gita Sen, Adrienne Germain and Lincoln C. Chen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1994. Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” *Stanford Law Review* 43 (1991): 1241-1299. Fan, Jennifer S. “From Office Ladies to Women Warriors?: The Effect of the EEOL on Japanese Women.” *UCLA Women's Law Journal* 10 (1999): 103-140. Hessini, Leila. “Abortion and Islam: Policies and Practice in the Middle East and North Africa.” *Reproductive Health Matters* 15, no. 29 (2007):75–84. Ilkkaracan, Pinar. “Women, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East and the Maghreb.” *Social Research* 69, 3 (2002): 753-779 Kandiyoti, Deniz. “Bargaining with Patriarchy.” *Gender and Society* 2, no. 3 (1988): 274-290. Kimmel, Michael S. “The Gender of Violence.” In his *The Gendered Society*, 264-288. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Kimmel, Michael. "Spanning the World." In his *The Gendered Society*, 52-71. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Narayan, Uma. “Cross-Cultural Connections, Border-Crossings, and ‘Death by Culture’: Thinking about Dowry-Murders in India and Domestic-Violence Murders in the United States.” In her *Dislocating Cultures: Identities Traditions, and Third World Feminism*, 83-117. New York: Routledge, 1997. Nussbaum, Martha. “Women and Work—The Capabilities Approach.” *The Little Magazine*. <http://www.littlemag.com/martha.htm> (June 3, 2004). Okin, Susan Moeller. “Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?” In *Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?* edited by Joshua Cohen, Matthew Howard, and Martha C. Nussbaum, 9-24. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Oyewumi, Oyeronke. “Conceptualizing Gender: The Eurocentric Foundations of Feminist Concepts and the Challenge of African Epistemologies.” *Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies* (2002). Satrapi, Marjane. *Persepolis**.* New York: Pantheon, 2003. Walley, Christine J. “Feminism, Anthropology, and Global Debate.” In *Genital Cutting and Transnational Sisterhood: Disputing U.S. Polemics*, edited by S.M. James and Claire Robertson, 17-53. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002. On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Shelley Park <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There's a nice memoir from Islamic scholar Leila Ahmed called _Border > Crossings_ that I use in teaching postcolonial feminism in my feminist > theory course. Not a theory book per se, but very useful in teaching about > hybrid identities, internalized colonization, encounters with western > feminism and much else . . . (including opportunities to tackle some of > students' stereotypes about Muslim women as victimized dupes of their > culture). > > My experiences thus far with global feminism is that a) students know very > few facts about any culture other than their own and b) start from a > framework of 'pity' for 'those poor oppressed women over there' who don't > live in the land of feminist freedom. So it becomes really important to > select texts that enable our students to see through the eyes of the 'other' > rather than projecting all of their own ill-informed baggage (sigh). > > But maybe your students are starting from a more enlightened place than > mine :) > > I'd love to know what you come up with! > > Shelley > > > Dr. Shelley Park > Associate Professor > Department of Philosophy > University of Central Florida > Orlando, FL 32816-1352 > [log in to unmask] > > >>> Charlotte Witt <[log in to unmask]> 12/10/2009 10:10 AM >>> > Hi everyone, > I am working on a feminist theory course that focuses on global > feminism. This is a new approach for me (i.e. the focus on global > feminism in a theory course) and I wonder if any of you have > recommendations for readings or might be willing to share syllabi etc. > Thanks in advance, > Charlotte > -- Margaret A. Crouch Department of History and Philosophy Eastern Michigan University 701 Pray-Harrold Ypsilanti, MI 48197 [log in to unmask]