week 1.
WED AUG 26 Intro to course material + blog
FRI AUG 28 Discuss documents 1+2 >
"The Art of Being a 1950s Housewife: “The Mass-Produced Suburbs: How People Live in America’s Newest Town" Harper's Weekly 1953 +
"The 1950's and the 1960's and the American Woman : the transition from the "housewife" to the feminist" pp.1-28
For each document (essay / video) you need to:
- Take thorough notes on each document, bring to next class ready for discussion.
- What are some of the roles of women the documents (including video) describe?
- In each decade, what national / global event are occurring that may be contributing to what the document raises? Explain? Take notes for discussion. You may distribute short handouts as well.
- Bring 2 questions you have raised from each article for further discussion.
- Keep all class + research notes, images, and other in a journal / folio for this course. These will be collected throughout the term for grading.
2.
Blog creation to organize your readings + further research for our course. You will be responsible for presenting two different decades in class. One prior to week 7, the second following.
MON AUG 31 First Wave of Feminism discussion
Blog creation to organize your readings + further research for our course. You will be responsible for presenting two different decades in class. One prior to week 7, the second following.
MON AUG 31 First Wave of Feminism discussion
TUE SEP 01 end of Add/Drop
WED SEP 02 Essay - Betty Freidan The Feminine Mystique "The Problem that has no Name"
Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
FRI SEP 04 John Berger Ways of Seeing Chapter 2 - images
Discussion + presentations of 1960 > 1965
Discussion + presentations of 1960 > 1965
3.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1960's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON SEP 07 Documents: Essay - Freidan The Feminine Mystique, Chapter #3 + #4
Documents: Video - Modern Women MoMA: Veronica Roberts on Lee Bontecou
Essay - Niki de Saint Phalle The Power of Playfulness
Video - Lennon + Ono Bed Peace
Discussion + presentations 1960 > 1965's
Second Wave Feminism
Documents: Video - Modern Women MoMA: Veronica Roberts on Lee Bontecou
Essay - Niki de Saint Phalle The Power of Playfulness
Video - Lennon + Ono Bed Peace
Discussion + presentations 1960 > 1965's
Second Wave Feminism
WED SEP 09 Discussion 1965 > 1975
Document: Essay - The Darkness Behind Niki de Saint Phalle's Colorful Beauties
Document: Essay - The Darkness Behind Niki de Saint Phalle's Colorful Beauties
FRI SEP 11 Discussion 1965 > 1975
Document: Article: The Psychological World of Louise Bourgeois, An Icon of Contradictions
Document: Video: Bourgeois, Guide Posts from the Whitney
Document: Article: The Psychological World of Louise Bourgeois, An Icon of Contradictions
Document: Video: Bourgeois, Guide Posts from the Whitney
4.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1970's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON SEP 14 Document: Linda Nochlin - Why Have There Not Been Any Great Women Artists?
1971 extract pp.148-153
Discussion + presentations 1965 > 1975
1971 extract pp.148-153
Discussion + presentations 1965 > 1975
WED SEP 16 Discussion + presentations 1975 > 1980
FRI SEP 18 Discussion 1975 > 1980
2 student led presentations 1960 > 1970, decade, your choice
2 student led presentations 1960 > 1970, decade, your choice
5.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1970's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON SEP 21 Discussion + presentations 1975 > 1980
WED SEP 23 Discussion 1980 > 1985
FRI SEP 25 Discussion 1980 > 1985
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
SAT SEPT 26 Open House 1
6.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1980's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON SEP 28 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 Chapt. 1 thru 4
Document: Maria Hanson: The Guerrilla Girls: Art, Gender, and Communication
Document: Maria Hanson: The Guerrilla Girls: Art, Gender, and Communication
WED SEP 30 Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1985
FRI OCT 02 Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
FRI > SUN OCT 02-04 Homecoming / Family Weekend
7.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1980's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON OCT 05 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 Chapt. 5 thru 9
Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1985
Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1985
WED OCT 07 Discussion 1980 > 1985
FRI OCT 09 midterm Discussion 1980 > 1985
Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
7.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1980's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
Organize your Blog to reflect 1980's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON OCT 05 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 Chapt. 5 thru 9
Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1985
Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1985
WED OCT 07 Discussion 1980 > 1985
FRI OCT 09 midterm Discussion 1980 > 1985
Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1970 > 1980, decade, your choice
8.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1990's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON + TU OCT 12+13 autumn break
Organize your Blog to reflect 1990's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON + TU OCT 12+13 autumn break
WED OCT 14 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 Chapt. 10 thru 14
Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1990
Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1990
FRI OCT 16 Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1980 > 1990, decade, your choice
2 student led presentations 1980 > 1990, decade, your choice
9.
Organize your Blog to reflect 1990's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON OCT 19 Discussion + presentations 1980 > 1990
Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 STUDENT LED DISCUSSION Chapt. 15
WED OCT 21 Discussion 1980 > 1990
FRI OCT 23 Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1980 > 1990, decade, your choice
2 student led presentations 1980 > 1990, decade, your choice
10.
Organize your Blog to reflect back to additional changes made from 1980-90s Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists > + additional documents
MON OCT 26 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 STUDENT LED DISCUSSION Chapt. 16 + 17
Introduction to Final Action project
Discussion + presentations 1990 > 1995
Organize your Blog to reflect back to additional changes made from 1980-90s Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists > + additional documents
MON OCT 26 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 STUDENT LED DISCUSSION Chapt. 16 + 17
Introduction to Final Action project
Discussion + presentations 1990 > 1995
WED OCT 28 Discussion 1990 > 1995
FRI OCT 30 Film: The Story of Women and Art, Amanda Vickery
2 student led presentations 1990 > 1995, decade, your choice
2 student led presentations 1990 > 1995, decade, your choice
11.
Organize your Blog to reflect back to additional changes made from 1980-90s Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists > + additional documents
MON NOV 02 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 STUDENT LED DISCUSSION Chapt. 18 + 19
Student presentation: IDEA FORMING of Action Project #1
Discussion + presentations 1990 > 1995
Organize your Blog to reflect back to additional changes made from 1980-90s Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists > + additional documents
MON NOV 02 Document: bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody, 2000 STUDENT LED DISCUSSION Chapt. 18 + 19
Student presentation: IDEA FORMING of Action Project #1
Discussion + presentations 1990 > 1995
WED NOV 04 Discussion 1990 > 1995
FRI NOV 06 BIG EYES, the film by Tim Burton
SAT NOV 07 OPEN HOUSE 2
12.
Organize your Blog to reflect 2000's Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON NOV 09 Student work on Action Project
Discussion + presentations 1995 > 2000
Discussion + presentations 1995 > 2000
WED NOV 11 Discussion 1995 > 2000
FRI NOV 13 BIG EYES, the film (completion) by Tim Burton
13.
Organize your Blog to reflect 2005+ Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON NOV 16 Student presentation of Action Project #2
Discussion + presentations 2000 > 2005
Discussion + presentations 2000 > 2005
WED NOV 18 Discussion 2000 > 2005
FRI NOV 20 Discussion 2000 > 2005
14.
Organize your Blog to reflect 2005+ Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON NOV 23 Launch Student Action Project (between 11-23 & DEC 5)
Discussion + presentations 2000 > 2005
Discussion + presentations 2000 > 2005
TUE NOV 24 Residence Halls close @ 7 PM
WED NOV 25 Thanksgiving
FRI NOV 27 Thanksgiving
SUN NOV 29 Residence Halls open @ 10 AM
ART AND FEMINISM Editors: Helena Reckitt & Peggy Phelan, Phaidon.com
ISBN 978-0-7148-6391-7
15.
ISBN 978-0-7148-6391-7
15.
Organize your Blog to reflect 2010+ Cultural Impact on Women writers/artists
MON NOV 30 Discussion ART AND FEMINISM Editors: Helena Reckitt & Peggy Phelan, Phaidon.com
WED DEC 02 Discussion 2005 > 2015
FRI DEC 04 Discussion 2005 > 2015
NOTE: Student 8 page paper on Decade Musings + Meaning DUE DURING FINAL EXAM PERIOD @ 3 PM.
NOTE: Student 8 page paper on Decade Musings + Meaning DUE DURING FINAL EXAM PERIOD @ 3 PM.
MON DEC 07 last day of classes / Reading Day
Submit analytical synopsis of Student Action Project
Submit analytical synopsis of Student Action Project
FINAL EXAM DATE is on Thursday DEC. 10 from 3 - 5 pm. All papers need to be handed in at the beginning of the exam period or prior to that date.
FRI DEC 11 Residence Halls close @ 7 PM
