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Paper 2 |
100 |
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Paper 3 |
100 |
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Midterm |
350 |
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Final Exam |
350 |
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Total Possible Points |
1000 |
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Films (Movies and Documentaries)
I will show several films in this class. The films may appear on the exams. If you miss class on a day I am showing a film it is your responsibility to get notes from a classmate and/or try to see it. I do not lend my films out. Also, I do not guarantee that you will be able to find all of these films at our library or at the local rental store. I also reserve the right to show a film on a day other than the one it is scheduled for.
Late Papers
Late papers will be accepted but will also be penalized 10 points for every day that they are late. If they are not turned in during class they will be considered to be a day late. I do not accept e-mailed papers.
Academic Honesty
To protect the majority of students who are honest, anyone who is caught cheating or plagiarizing will flunk the class (not just the assignment) and I will report them to the dean.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the
course, the student will:
Recognize and apply basic anthropological terminology and concepts.
Have a command of the most important theoretical approaches to human
sexuality.
Understand different historical shifts in conceptualizing sexuality.
Understand the range of different culturally bound beliefs about sexuality.
Have a better understanding of gender issues in the US and in several other
countries throughout the world.
Have a better understanding of human sexuality in the US and in several
other countries throughout the world.
Reading Schedule
You should complete the readings before class on the days that they are assigned.
Th 8/21 Introduction—No assigned reading for today
T 8/26 Power Point about
the “Pre-History” of Sex.
Bornoff, Nicholas. 1991. “The Creation Myths” In Pink Samurai: Love,
Marriage, & Sex in Contemporary Japan, 3-14. New York: Pocket
Books.
and
Meynell, Francis and
Vivian Ridler, eds. [1611] 1963. “The Song of Solomon.” The Holy Bible,
Saint James Version. 2: 406-412. New York: Random House.
and
Ensler, Eve. [1998]
2001. The Vagina Monologues. New York: Villard Press. Pp 9-11,
33-55, 65-68, 91-92.
Th
8/28 Documentary—The Celluloid Closet
Schwartz, Kit. 1985.
“Manual Pollution and the
‘Big M’ Plague.” In The Male Member. 20-31. New York: St. Martin's Press.
and
Schwartz, Kit. 1985. “Thrust Not or Forever Hold Your
Piece.” In The Male Member. 74-91. New York: St. Martin's Press.
T
9/2
Freud,
Sigmund. [1905] 1962. “Infantile Sexuality.” In Three Essays on the Theory of
Sexuality. James Strachey, trans. 39-61. New York: Avon Books.
Th
9/4
Foucault,
Michel. [1978] 1990. “The Perverse Implantation.” In The History of
Sexuality: An Introduction. Volume 1, Trans. Robert Hurley, 36-49. New
York: Vintage Books.
T 9/9
Bordo,
Susan R. 1989. “The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity: A Feminist
Appropriation of Foucault.” In Gender/Body/Knowledge: Feminist
Reconstructions of Being and Knowing, ed. Alison M. Jaggar and Susan R.
Bordo, 13-33. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Th
9/11 Paper 1 Due
Bordo, Susan. 1993. “Reading
the Male Body.” Michigan Quarterly Review. Volume 32.
T 9/16
Movie—The
Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Jim Sharman. 1975. 100 min)
Nanda, Serena. 1985. “The Hijras of India:
Cultural and Individual Dimensions of an Institutionalized third Gender Role.”
Journal of Homosexuality. 11(3/4): 35-54.
Th 9/18
Levi, Heather. 1998. “Lean Mean Fighting Queens: Drag in the World of Mexican
Professional Wrestling.” Sexualities. 1(3):275-285.
and
Kulick,
Don. 1997.
“The Gender of Brazilian
Transgendered Prostitutes.” American
Anthropologist 99(3): 574-585.
T 9/23
Wardlow, Holly. 2004. "Anger, Economy, and Female Agency: Problematizing
"Prostitution" and 'Sex Work' among the Huli of Papua New Guinea." Signs:
Journal of Women in Culture and Society 29(4): 1018-1040.
Th 9/25
Junge, Benjamin. 2002.
"Bareback Sex, Risk, and Eroticism: Anthropological Themes (Re-)Surfacing in the
Post-AIDS Era." In Out in Theory: The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay
Theory, ed. Ellen Lewin and William L. Leap, 186-221. Chicago: University of
Illinois Press.
T 9/30
Kulick, Don. 2005. "Four Hundred Thousand
Swedish Perverts." Gay and
Lesbian Quarterly 11(2): 205-235.
Th 10/2 Midterm Exam
T 10/7 Movie—Boys Don’t Cry.
Warning: This is a very good movie
but it is also extremely upsetting and contains graphic violence and rape.
Please talk to me in advance about doing an alternative assignment if you do not
wish to see this movie.
Rich, Adrienne. 1983. “Compulsory Heterosexuality
and Lesbian Existence.” In Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality,
ed. Ann Snitow, Christine Stansell, and Sharon Thompson, 177-205. New York:
Monthly Review Press.
Th 10/9 No Class—Fall Break
T 10/14
Carrier, Joseph M. and Stephen O. Murray. 1998. "Woman-Woman Marriage in
Africa." In Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexuality,
ed. Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe, 255-266.
New York: St. Martin's Press.
and
Ajen, Nii. 1998. "West African Homoeroticism: West African Men Who Have Sex with
Men." In Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexuality,
ed. Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe, 129-138. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Th 10/16
Greenfeld, Karl
Taro. 1994. “Choco Bon-Bon and Emi: The Perfect Tuna.” In Speed Tribes:
Days and Nights with Japan’s Next Generation, 85-114. New York:
Harper Collins Publishers.
and
Willis, Ellen. 1983. “Feminism,
Moralism, and Pornography.” In Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality,
ed. Ann Snitow, Christine Stansell, and Sharon Thompson, 460-467. New
York: Monthly Review Press.
T 10/21
Moskowitz, Marc L. 2008. "Multiple
Virginity, Barbarian Prince Charmings, and Other Contested Realities in Taipei's
Foreign Club Culture. Sexualities.
Th 10/23
Documentary—The Lynchburg Story: Eugenic
Sterilization in America.
Dikötter Chapter 2. The
Passive Sex: the Naturalization of Gender Distinctions .
T 10/28
Dikötter Chapter 3. Sexual
Desire and Human Procreation.
Th 10/30
Dikötter Chapter 4. ‘Four
Hundred Million Siblings’: The Regulation of ‘Population.”
T 11/4
Dikötter
Chapter 5. ‘Civilization is Syphilization’: The Cultural Meanings of
‘Disease.’
Th 11/6
Dikötter Chapter 6. The
Cultural Construction of ‘Youth.’
T 11/11
Dikötter Chapter 7. Epilogue: The Regulation of Sexuality in the People’s Republic.
and
Moskowitz
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Th 11/13 Paper 3 Due
Documentary—Guardians of the Flutes
Moskowitz
Chapter 2. Beyond the Percentages:
Abortion and Meaning in Taiwan.
Chapter 3. Made in Japan? The First Stages
of the Adoption and Adaptation of a Japanese Religious Practice in
Taiwan.
T 11/18
Moskowitz
Chapter 4. Fetus Ghosts and Traditional Beliefs in Taiwan.
Chapter 5. The
Haunting Fetus.
Th 11/20
Moskowitz
Chapter 6. Written and
Visual Media.
Chapter 7. Religious Masters and their Temples.
T 11/25
Moskowitz
Chapter 8. Illness,
Healing, and the Limitations of Fetus-Ghost Appeasement.
Chapter 9. Sexuality and
the Haunting Fetus.
11/26-11/30 No Class—Thanksgiving Break
T 12/2
Moskowitz
Chapter 10. Blood-Drinking Fetus Demons – Greed, Loathing and
Vengeance through Sorcery in Taiwan.
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Fetus Spirits and the Commodification
of Sin.
Th 12/4 No Reading today—time for review.
Final Exam—Monday, December 8, 2:00.