Course Readings, Films, and Online Resources

Required Text: Shaw, Susan, and Janet Lee. Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions, 4th edition.

Required Photocopied Readings (reserved at Carrier Library; see schedule):
Hochschild, Arlie, et al. Global Women: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, Introduction.
Shah, Sonia. “Presenting the Blue Goddess: Toward a National Pan-Asian Feminist Agenda.”
Steady, Filomena Chioma. “African Feminism: A Worldwide Perspective.”
Tlali, Miriam. “Fud-u-u-a.”
Truth, Sojourner. “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Required Online Readings (Terisa Turner. Mau Mau Women. ; see schedule):
Foreword (Interview with Muthoni Likimani), Mau Mau Women
Abstract for “Feminism in the Mau Mau Resurgence.”
Comic: “Nakedness and Power.”

Required Films (reserved at Carrier Library and online via LEO; see schedule):
Killing Us Softly 3 (DVD #1686).
Florence & Robin (videotape #5081).

Required Online Resources:
Daily access to the course blog for assignments, links, discussion, and announcements.
A JMU email account whose inbox and junk folders you check at least every other day.