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Due Sunday, December 3rd 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 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.

In Sara Ahmed’s article, “Affective Economies,” she considers the work that attends to emotions within a narrative structure. Using details from the text to explain what you mean, consider how this emotional work relates to the “rights” and “ground” often connected to the subject and nation.

Due Tuesday, November 28th, 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 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.

In her essay, “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving,” Lila Abu-Lughod describes an explanatory power that is attributed to the Islamic faith and Muslim women in particular. How does she characterize and critique this connection affiliated with the War on Terror, part of what she calls a “cultural mode of explanation”?

Due Sunday, November 19th, 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 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.

In Amelia Cabezas article, “Between Love and Money,” she asks after global configurations that are contributing to definitions of sexuality and sexual identity. An important component of these new configurations include the way sexuality is connected to citizenship. How does Cabezas’s research on sex tourism complicate traditional views about citizenship and nationality?

Due Sunday, November 12th, 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 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.

In “Global Care Crisis: A Problem of Capital, Care Chains, or Commons?” Arlie Hochschild, Lise Widding Isaksen, and Sambasivan Uma Devi argue that we must focus on the concept of “the commons” to understand South-North migration. Explain the meaning of this concept as it relates to the concerns addressed by these authors. Why do they believe we require this concept of the commons, in addition to the concept of capital, to understand the critical issues related to migration and, in particular, those connected to a child’s “relational world” (2008:418)?

Due Sunday, November 5th, 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 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.

Think of and describe a time in your life when you felt like and / or were treated like an “outsider.” Next, noting details from Patricia Hill-Collins’s essay, “Learning from the outsider within,” explain what she believes these kinds of experiences can teach us about sociality and the nature of oppression.

Due Sunday, October 29th, 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 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.

In Part 4, Chapter 4: Periodization, Foucault emphasizes what he calls, “a technology of sex” (1978:123). What evidence does he include to help us understand this “application” of sexuality? Reference a specific example from the text. Then, try to underline what you think Foucault means by characterizing sexuality in these terms.

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.”