I start my feminist theory/philosophy class with Gloria Anzaldúa's "La Conciencia de la Mestiza" from Borderlands/La Frontera. We read it together in the first class and then discuss it. It's not an overview, but it is short, brilliant, provocative, accessible, a model of intersectionality and contextuality from the get-go with which to frame the class (after that we take a historical approach, back to Wollstonecraft, thence to De Beauvoir, Marxism, Structuralism, Black Feminism, etc. before going on to some themes). Students respond really well to it.
Best,
Emma
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Subject: introductory essay on feminist theory/philosophy recommendations
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:12:05 +0000
Hello,
I was wondering if any of you have had success providing lower-level feminist theory students with an introductory piece on "what is feminism/feminist theory/philosophy?" and if so, what piece you might recommend.
I teach a wide range of majors in an upper-level Feminist Theory undergraduate course at a state university. My students tend to be motivated but do not necessarily possess any background in philosophy or theory.
Thanks in advance,
Talia
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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