FGSS 1108

FWS: Women's Work

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

We all know that "a woman's work is never done," but what exactly is that work? Tracing a literary history of women's work and women workers, this course takes a circuitous route from the kitchen to the office, and from the tragedy of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" to the capitalist double-entendre of Britney's "Work B**tch." Along the way, we'll think about many other forms of feminine labor, both organized and not. Readings may include texts by Karl Marx, Betty Friedan, Muriel Rukeyser, Michelle Tea, and Sara Ahmed. Writing assignments will include the collection and transcription of oral histories and personal narratives, as well as multi-draft critical essays, all designed to hone close reading skills and encourage the development of complex theses and cohesive arguments.  

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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