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Due Sunday, October 22nd, by midnight. Word count, at least 300 words. You may include a brief quotation, but be sure this is followed by your interpretation of the text, as indicated in the instructions below and include the proper citation (either MLA or APA). Late assignments will be accepted for partial credit if they are submitted no later than one week after the original deadline.

1. Read Kyla Wazana Tompkins’s handout, “some notes on how to ask a good question about theory that will provoke conversation and further discussion from your colleagues.”

2. Write a brief summary of a passage from Part One, Two, or Three of Foucault’s History of Sexuality. As Tompkins suggests, imagine yourself as a teacher by trying to organize the information that Foucault introduces.

3. Finally, write at least two questions about the passage. Let Tompkin’s worksheet guide your approach and “imagine how your own questions impact or reach other people’s ears and eyes. Scaffold your question with the information people need to answer it; ground your question deeper into the text itself.”

Due Sunday, October 15th, by midnight. Word count: 300 words. Please make sure everything is in your own words. No quotes should be used. If you paraphrase from the text be sure to include the proper citation (either MLA or APA). Late assignments will be accepted for partial credit if they are submitted no later than one week after the original deadline.

Attempt to explain the relationship to “the other” that bell hooks describes in her essay, “Eating the other.” Who or what is “the Other”? Why do you think hooks characterizes the relationship to “otherness” as productive?

Hi everyone,

After class a few students asked if you have to define each terms listed on the exam: motherhood, monstrosity, masculinity, and home.  Yes, you need to provide a definition for each of these terms in relationship to the reading; however, you don’t have to discuss each term in relationship to all three works.  You can define home in relationship to Davis and Morgan, for example, and discuss monstrosity in relationship to Pascoe and Morgan.

Please post your questions to WordPress as they come up.

Elizabeth

Due Sunday, October 1st, by midnight. Word count: 300 words. Please make sure everything is in your own words. No quotes should be used. If you paraphrase from the text be sure to include the proper citation (either MLA or APA). Late assignments will be accepted for partial credit if they are submitted no later than one week after the original deadline.

Drawing on specific details from chapters one and two of C.J. Pascoe’s book, explain how students, teachers, and / or administrators contribute to the cultural meanings around gender and sexuality at River High.

Due Sunday, September 24th, by midnight. Word count: 300 words. Please make sure everything is in your own words. No quotes should be used. If you paraphrase from the text be sure to include the proper citation (either MLA or APA). Late assignments will be accepted for partial credit if they are submitted no later than one week after the original deadline.

Each of the works we’ve read to date address concepts of “motherhood,” “home,” “monstrosity,” and “labor.” Choose ONE concept and find a specific place in the text where it is considered in two works, by Morgan and either Federici or Davis. Describe how the concept bridges these works and / or any disjunctions that can be affiliated with how the concept is used by these two authors.

Due Sunday, September 17th, by midnight. Word count: 300 words. Please make sure everything is in your own words. Absolutely no quotes should be used. If you paraphrase from the text (from Morgan or anywhere else), you must be sure to include the proper citation (either MLA or APA). Late assignments will be accepted for partial credit if they are submitted no later than one week after the original deadline.

Choose a passage from chapter 1 of Jennifer’s Morgan’s book. In your own words, describe what you believe to be the connection of between the female body and racism that she is elaborating on. At the end of your summary, draft one question related to the passage you have chosen to help guide our discussion about Morgan’s work in class on Monday.