Category: Women and gender studies

Using any part of Jeffrey Weeks (“Sexuality in History”), Susan Stryker (“Subjugated” Knowledges”), or the essays by Foucault, and no fewer than two other readings from the syllabus, explain how identity is socially constructed by the knowledge of sexuality–or the medical ideas associated with sexology. You might find the readings by Freud and Krafft-Ebing helpful here, as well. Argue for the ways in which identity differs from behavior, and the ways in which “official” versus “unofficial” knowledge informs sexuality as an institution—or a set of rules. Illustrate these two ideas—the “social construction” of sexuality and the significance of sexuality-as-knowledge—by pointing to a specific example from any unit in our readings. Your answer should account for geographic and chronological specificity, and the example you use should distinguish clearly between gender identity (like cisgender versus transgender identity) and identity based on sexual orientation (like bisexual, lesbian, or gay identity). In addition to accounting for the complexity of regional differences, incorporate an analysis of race or class where appropriate. (Do not use any other sources than those mentioned and attached)

900-1000 words.
You will be creating this assignment as your final:a letter to an ancestor, a descendant named after you such as a grandchild. You will use the language, concepts, and ideas that you have taken from the course and integrate it with what you feel are important lessons to share.You are speaking to them at age 18. Share your thoughts on gender and sexuality, what would you want them to know and be prepared with, including:

Tell them your intersecting identities – gender, sex, and more – and what they mean today in our society and culture-tell them what that may mean for them as they grow. Be sure to include your definition of intersectionality after taking this class.
Explain systemic injustice or inequality today in the lives of women+ that we covered in the course that you feel are unjust or misunderstood and hope have changed by their time.
Use 10 quotations from class readings, citing them fully in text and in a works cited. The Reading Responses will help immensely with this.
Share with them a woman+ of our time or two that inspires or highlights a point you are making and you hope are remembered in hxstory.
Consider your own ancestors, a grandmother or parent who have gone before you. In reflection of the weeks we have spent talking about the history of gender, bodies, and sexuality often being full of violence, colonization, resistance, creativity, love and resilience for generations before us, consider what a grandmother 5 generations before you had survived. Your oral history project may help with this final.
Take time to write a letter and process it all.
2-3 pages. Double spaced. Times New Roman. MLA Format.
text- Cisneros House on Mango Street (any version)

Can you edit my essay by following these instructions and the edits my professor made, please?
1. Separate your consideration of SB’s life and her legacy (I made a note of this in your intro). Try to be explicit and precise about where your essay seeks to intervene–what’s your thesis? I think it was going to be about how different actors have made meaning of SB’s life. The articulation of your thesis could be longer and more thorough–how exactly does each of the three actors (Cuvier, Alexander, Mbeki) you work with make meaning of SB?
2. Make sure you are characterizing SB’s life correctly. She was not Cesar’s slave. Also, it is very important to Magubane’s essay that SB was not understood to be “Black” during her lifetime, but rather as a specific other racialized category of person (“Hottentot”–today, “Khoe”). You do not have to agree with Magubane, but you should at least acknowledge her point since her essay is one of your sources.
I suggest rereading Scully and Crais, and Magubane, to make sure you are accurately portraying the basic facts of her life accurately.
3. I think you can do more with Alexander’s poem, which is a great text. There is more to say! It also could be useful to quote Mbeki, so you can say some more precise things about what he was publically claiming about SB and her repatriation.
4. Be sure to proofread well. In particular, make sure you are spelling names correctly, consistently, and that you are correctly formatting your quotations according to MLA style. You do need page numbers in all in-text citations. I suggest making two appointments with the Writing Center–one for sometime soon to help with revision, and one later (week of April 29 perhaps), to help you proofread thoroughly.
5. This is more a point of disagreement. I would like you to think more about the 19th-century European idea that SB was actually very different because of her race. She may not have had “excess fat” or special genitalia, but rather these men made this racist and sexist myth/fantasy. I think Amanda Swarr wrote about this in our reading for last semester.

write a research essay in English. The essay should be typewritten and double-spaced. You should write a well-structured essay with a clear thesis statement supported by relevant textual evidence. The essay should follow the MLA format.
Women and History: History always focuses on grand events and victors. But some women writers, such as Eileen Chang, Xiao Hong, and Yan Geling, write about history differently. They embrace a downward perspective and consider the female, marginalized characters as the subjects/makers of history in their narratives about history. Their narratives reveal women’s suffering and struggle in history. Please choose three authors and give your analysis of how they represent history from a female perspective.
1.Love in Fallen city is for Eileen Chang.
2.This link is for Yan Gelin’s movie:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E5dZRjLoUzbAK8bCTry5geuVcbkEwU_Z/view?usp=drivesdk

3. Xiao Hong ‘s article in the following document as well.

Queer issues abroad assignment— It is important to realize that not only does intersectionality apply within any person or culture, but that the world is an intersectional and diverse world. Progresses, and struggles, which may be present here may be absent, or look very different, elsewhere. Here is an opportunity for you to explore the world a bit abroad, and see what LGBTQA+ (etc) looks like more globally.
For this assignment you are to look out into the world online and see what news you can find about Queer lives in other countries around the world.
After you search a bit, choose an article (this can be a popular news article or a research article) and discuss it, and analyze it in relation to what we have learned in the class so far.
Please share a link to your article when you send me your writing. That way you do not have to summarize and restate the entire article. You can share the essence in brief, and then analyze, discuss, think out loud, etc. Any connections you see with concepts we have learned in our class, please share them overtly and make sure to cite!
This work should be 4 pages minimum.
Format/Structure:
Intro: (Maximum 1 page) Introduction and general summary of article
Examination: (Minimum 3 pages) Themes and analyses, with links to our text and class concepts
Conclusion: Approximately 1 page: Conclusion and Reflection on doing this activity.

Queer issues abroad assignment— It is important to realize that not only does intersectionality apply within any person or culture, but that the world is an intersectional and diverse world. Progresses, and struggles, which may be present here may be absent, or look very different, elsewhere. Here is an opportunity for you to explore the world a bit abroad, and see what LGBTQA+ (etc) looks like more globally.

For this assignment you are to look out into the world online and see what news you can find about Queer lives in other countries around the world.

After you search a bit, choose an article (this can be a popular news article or a research article) and discuss it, and analyze it in relation to what we have learned in the class so far.

Please share a link to your article when you send me your writing. That way you do not have to summarize and restate the entire article. You can share the essence in brief, and then analyze, discuss, think out loud, etc.

Any connections you see with concepts we have learned in our class, please share them overtly and make sure to cite!

This work should be 4 pages minimum.

Format/Structure:
Intro: (Maximum 1 page) Introduction and general summary of article
Examination: (Minimum 3 pages) Themes and analyses, with links to our text and class concepts
Conclusion: Approximately 1 page: Conclusion and Reflection on doing this activity.

These should have a title of your choice, a brief summary in a complete paragraph giving title of the reading and the author, four direct quotations from the text (with page number), and last, respond briefly to two of the following questions:
What were my first impressions and personal responses of the reading?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the essay/article/chapter?
What are the major points or themes of the essay/article/chapter?
What are some significant passages that support the main themes of the essay/article/chapter?
If I chose an aspect of this text to further research or Google, what would it be, and why?
How does the reading relate to my own ethnicity, class, and gender experiences?
In what ways can I link the reading to the contemporary world? To another reading?
What interesting fact or significant idea from this text would I choose to share with a relative or friend?
Do I like the material? Why or why not?
What don’t I understand? What questions do I have?
These responses should be a FULL page typed double spaced. Grading is complete/incomplete. I encourage you to take these reading responses seriously. It will play a major role in shaping class discussion and will also have the added benefit of being helpful in your writing assignments. Reading Responses are due every week.

This paper is the second short analysis of the semester. Attached are all of the needed readings, as well as the instructions. PLEASE NOTE: the instructions outline week 2-5 as they outline how the assignment needs to be done – this paper will be based on weeks 8-11!!!!! I have provided a screenshot of the weeks/topics as well. Please try to keep this under 500 words (400-500 words). No outside sources can be used. Only what I have provided. You can either use a scene from either of the videos linked below, an image, or a quote from the readings to write the short analysis about. Please also reference the powerpoint provided to tie back to course material. Video links: https://youtu.be/ZhdTAwkDu1Q

(let me know if you have issues opening – they are both Beyonce videos). All of the attached documents (readings, music videos, lecture) must all be cited in MLA (if they are used). Please see the short analysis guidelines/screenshot for all details before writing. Let me know if you would like articles from additional weeks for support. Thanks!!

Read https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/08/charts-gender-inequality-women-deliver/
Answer
What is most surprising differences between women then and now? What about between women in various parts of the world?

These should have a title of your choice, a brief summary in a complete paragraph giving title of the reading and the author, four direct quotations from the text (with page number), and last, respond briefly to two of the following questions:
What were my first impressions and personal responses of the reading?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the essay/article/chapter?
What are the major points or themes of the essay/article/chapter?
What are some significant passages that support the main themes of the essay/article/chapter?
If I chose an aspect of this text to further research or Google, what would it be, and why?
How does the reading relate to my own ethnicity, class, and gender experiences?
In what ways can I link the reading to the contemporary world? To another reading?
What interesting fact or significant idea from this text would I choose to share with a relative or friend?
Do I like the material? Why or why not?
What don’t I understand? What questions do I have?
These responses should be a FULL page typed double spaced. Grading is complete/incomplete. I encourage you to take these reading responses seriously. It will play a major role in shaping class discussion and will also have the added benefit of being helpful in your writing assignments. Reading Responses are due every week.