Feminist Theory

post has two assignments

1: Race and Crime

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Google Penn State Canvas, log in with user id and password provided. Once logged into my account, there is a “To Do” section on the right hand side. Click on “Take Exam 4” for CRIMJ 450 and once completed, submit the exam. There are 50 questions with a 90 minute time limit and they are due by Sunday night. Thank you, hoping for an A 🙂

2: Gender, Sex and Sexuality

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Select ONE Essay Question:
1. According to Butler, what is the connection between gender and sexuality? What do you make of this account?
2. What does Butler mean when she states that gender is performative? What are the strengths and limitations of her theory of gender?

OR

Comparative Essay Question:

– In what ways does Butler take up Foucault’s ideas? What are their points of similarity, and how does Butler depart from Foucault?

Core Texts:
1. Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity 2nd edn. (Routledge, 1999).
2. Michel Foucault, History of Sexuality Vol 1: The Will to Knowledge (Penguin, 1985).

Helpful Texts:
1.Sara Salih, Judith Butler, Routledge (2002)
2.Sara Mills, Michel Foucault , Routledge (2003)
3.Alex McHoul & Wendy Grace, The Foucault Primer, (1993), Melbourne University Press.
4.Falzon, O’Leary and Sawicki, A Companion to Foucault (2013)
5.Michel Foucault: Key Concepts (2011)
6.The Cambridge Companion to Foucault (2006)

Race and Crime