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SOC 191: Sociology of Violence Against Women

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Week 1
Introduction to Course: Why Study Violence Against Women?


Week 2
Types of Violence Against Women


JR & DR: pp. 3-21
  • Mies, Maria. 1986. "Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Primitive Accumulation of Capital." Patriarchy and the Accumulation on a World Scale. London: Zed Book
Weeks 3& 4
Situating Women's Experiences: Gender, Race, Ethnicity,
Class Sexuality and Citizenship

MA: ch 1
JR & DR: pp. 163 -173.
  • Collins, Patricia Hill. 1993. "The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood." In Pauline B. Bart and Eileen Geil Moran eds., Violence Against Women. Newbury, CA: Sage.

  • Williams Doris Campbell, Beckie Masaki, and Sara Torres. 1997. "Changing Domestic Violence Perceptions in the African American, Asian American, and Latino Communities." In Klein, Ethel, Jacquelyn Campbell, Esta Soler and Marissa Ghez eds., Ending Domestic Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/halting the Epidemic. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  • Davis, Martha. F. 1999. "The Economics of Abuse: How Violence Perpetuates Women's Poverty." In Ruth A. Brandwein. ed., Battered Women, Children and Welfare Reform: The Ties that Bind. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  • Patel, Vibhuti. 1999. "Caste, Class and Police Violence: Caste-Hindus Attack Dalits in Maharashtra." In Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita eds., In Search of Answers. New Delhi: Manohar.
Week 5
Domestic Violence: Theories on Domestic Violence


HW: Chs. 8,
MA: Ch. 1
  • Kurz, Demi. 1993. "Social Science Perspectives on Wife Abuse: Current Debates and Future Directions. In Pauline B. Bart and Eileen Geil Moran eds., Violence Against Women. Newbury, CA: Sage.

  • Bograd, Michelle. 1988. "Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse: An Introduction." In Kersti Yllo and Michele Bograd eds., Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse. Newbury, CA: Sage.

  • Yllo, Kersti. 1988. "Political and Methodological debates in Wife Abuse Research." In Kersti Yllo and Michele Bograd eds., Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse. Newbury, CA: Sage.
Week 6
Causes and manifestations of Domestic Violence;
Women's strategies of resistance

MA: chs. 2 - 8
  • Cho, Joo-Hyon. 1999. "Violence Against Wives in Korea: A Feminist Perspective. " In Fanny M. Cheung, Malvika Karlekar, Aurora De Dios, Juree Vichit-Vadakan & Lourdes R. Quisumbing eds., Breaking the Silence: Violence in Asia. Equal Opportunities Commission, Hong Kong.

  • Brandwein, Ruth. A. 1999. "Family Violence and Social Policy: Welfare 'Reform' and Beyond." In Ruth A. Brandwein. Ed., Battered Women, Children and Welfare Reform: The Ties that Bind. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  • Brandwein, Ruth. A. 1999. "Family Violence, Women, and Welfare." In Ruth A. Brandwein. Ed., Battered Women, Children and Welfare Reform: The Ties that Bind. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Week 7: March 12th & 14th
Institutional Responses to Domestic Violence: Social & Medical


HW: ch. 12
MA: ch. 6
  • Klein, Ethel, Jacquelyn Campbell, Esta Soler and Marissa Ghez. 1997. Domestic Violence in Public Context." Ending Domestic Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/Halting the Epidemic. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  • Schornstein, Sherri. L. 1997. "The Medical Response." Domestic Violence and the Health Care: What Every Professional Needs to Know. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Week 8
Institutional Responses to Domestic Violence: Legal

HW: ch. 9, 11, 16.
JR & DR: pp. 313-316.
Week 9
Sexual Violence Against Women: Theories on Sexual Violence
& Historical Overview


SB: ch: 1-5 ( complete by Oct. 30th)
  • MacKinnon, Catherine A. 1993. Feminism, Marxism, method and the State: Toward a Feminist Jurisprudence. In Pauline B. Bart and Eileen Geil Moran eds., Violence Against Women. Newbury, CA: Sage.

  • Kalpana Kannabiran. 1996. " Rape and the Construction of Community Identity." In Kumari Jayawardena and Malathi de Alwis eds., Embodied Violence: Communalizing Women's Sexuality in South Asia. New Delhi: Kali for Women.
Week 10
Stranger Rape, Marital Rape, Date Rape, Rape as a War Crime


SB: ch. 6-12 (complete by Nov. 6th)
JR & DR: pp184-188.
  • Ward, Colleen. A. 1995. "Feminist Visions." Attitudes Toward Rape: Feminist and Social Perspectives. London: Sage.

  • Ward, Colleen. A. 1995. "A Circle in the Making." Attitudes Toward Rape: Feminist and Social Perspectives. London: Sage.

  • Tetreault, Mary Ann. 1997 "Accountability or Justice? Rape as a War Crime." In Laurel Richardson, Verta Taylor and Nancy Whittier eds., Feminist Frontiers IV. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • Patel, Vibhuti. 1999. "Caste, Class and Police Violence: Caste-Hindus Attack Dalits in Maharashtra." In Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita eds., In Search of Answers. New Delhi: Manohar.
Weeks 11& 12
Institutional Responses To sexual violence against women


SB: ch. 6-12
  • D'Monte, Darryl. 1999. "Mass Rape in Bihar by Police." In Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita eds., In Search of Answers. New Delhi: Manohar.

  • Farooqi, Vimla. 1999. "A Case of Police Harassment." In Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita eds., In Search of Answers. New Delhi: Manohar.
Week 13

HW: ch. 14

Week 14


HW: ch. 16
MA: Ch. 8
JR & DR: pp. 303-345
Articles to be handed out.
Week 15
Research Implications of Experiencing & Studying Violence Against Women Reflecting on the Movement to End Violence Against Women

MA; ch. & 9 JR & DR: pp. 346-359
  • Dobash, R.E and R.P Dobash. 1988. "Research as Social Action: The Struggle for Battered Women." In Kersti Yllo and Michele Bograd eds., Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse. Newbury, CA: Sage.

 

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