Course Description and Syllabus Dr. Kimberly Porter Martin
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Course Description
This course is an exploration of the roles, positions and impact of women within societies around the world. We will be examining the kinship, social, economic, political and spiritual aspects of how women fit into a wide variety of traditional and industrialized societies, including both rural and urban lifestyles. We will be reading and discussing ethnographic descriptions from different types of societies and analyzing them in the context of gender and feminist theories. You will participate in lecture, readings, class exercises, oral presentations, discussion, exams and writing projects over the course of the semester.
Required Texts
1. Ward, M. & M. Edelstein (2008) A World Full of Women, Fifth Edition.
2. Sanday, P. (2002) Women Centered: Life in a Modern Matriarchy.
3. Alsanea, Rajaa (2007) Girls of Riyadh. Penguin Books
4. One additional ethnography selected from a list provided on the first day of class. This book can be obtained from the library system or purchased. Each student will be responsible for reading a different ethnography, and representing the point of view of
women from that culture in class discussions of various issues.
Course Expectations
Attendance is imperative for adequate performance in this course. You are responsible for ALL information and materials dispensed during class time. You are expected to have completed the assigned readings BEFORE each class meeting. Class time is valuable; you are expected to be prepared to discuss verbally or in writing the readings assigned for that class. Your participation in the form of questions and comments is one of the most important parts of the course. You are expected to be polite, attentive and to contribute during classes. Lecture PowerPoint’s for this course will be posted on my website:
All assignments for this course must be submitted as a hard copy in class on the day they are due. I will not accept emailed papers. I will not accept papers that are not stapled together. Late work will also not be accepted. Plan ahead and turn materials in on the deadlines listed in the syllabus at the beginning of the class period.
Workload. This course has been planned according to university policy. Undergraduate courses require the assignment of two hours of work outside class for each hour spent in class. Because this is a four-unit class, it requires 60 hours of in-class time. The homework assigned for this class is intended to fill a total of 120 hours outside of class over the fifteen-week semester. You should, therefore, be prepared to spend approximately eight (8) hours outside of class reading, participating in assigned activities, writing assignments and doing library research during each week of the term. Because only one third of our course time is spent together in the classroom, I will not be able to cover all the material in the readings during class. You must be able to assimilate readings on your own, and/or to come to me if you do not understand material in the readings that is not being covered in class. I am more than willing to help if you let me know what material is difficult for or confusing to you.
Academic Honesty. Students are expected to do their own work and to do original work for each class in which they are enrolled. It is unacceptable to copy work from other students. It is unacceptable to copy work directly from books, articles, or other sources including the Internet. It is unacceptable to use work done by another person. It is unacceptable to use the same work to satisfy requirements for two different classes, even if they are not in the same department. Any breach of the academic honesty code will result in an F grade for the course and referral to the Department Chair and the Dean for disciplinary action. Academic dishonesty can be grounds for expulsion from the university. Please see the section on Academic Honesty in the Rights and Responsibilities chapter of the ULV catalog.
Grades. Attending class, working hard and doing your best are, of course, crucial to your success in this class; however the final measure of your success is what you have learned, and what you can show you have learned in written and oral assignments. Grades in this course will not be assigned according to whether you try or whether you are present in class, but on your mastery of the material and your ability to demonstrate your new knowledge.
The final grade for the course will include the following components weighted as follows:
Three exams @ 20% 60%
Synopsis of Ethnography 10%
Written Term Paper20%
Oral Presentation of Ethnography10%
100%
The following grading scale will be used both for exams and for the final grade for the course:
87% and above / = A / 75-77% / = B- / 58-59% / = D+85-86% / = A- / 73-74% / = C+ / 52-57% / = D
83-84% / = B+ / 62-72% / = C / 50-51% / = D-
77-82% / = B / 60-61% / = C- / less than 50% / = F
Exams. Each exam will contain a mixture of question types that may include short answer, definitions and essays. At leastthree-quarters of the exams will be in essay format. Exams will cover all assigned readings, exercises, lecture, videos and class activities. The final exam will be comprehensive. Grades will be assigned according to the percentage of correct answers. Grades will not be curved.
Exam dates are not negotiable. Make-up exams will only be given in appropriate circumstances as determined by the instructor and only one make up will be allowed. Make-up exams should be completed within a week of the original exam date. Students must get permission to take a make up from me and if I give permission they must make an appointment with the Sociology & AnthropologyAdministrative Assistant, Mary Van de Brake (, FH 106, Ext. 4170). More than one student will not be allowed to take a make up at the same time.
Term Project. A term project is required as a major component of this course. The term project is based on an ethnography selected from the list attached to this syllabus. No ethnography can be used by more than one person. You are responsible for reading and studying that ethnography and representing it during the course in four ways: 1) writing a 3-5 five page synopsis of the economic, political, and domestic roles and statuses of women in the ethnography you selected, to show what their lives are/were like, 2) giving a 10 minute oral presentation summarizing the book for the class, 3) presenting the points of view of the women represented in your ethnography during class discussion of issues and theoretical perspectives throughout the term, and 4) writing an 8 to 10 page term paper applying concepts, contrasts, issues and theories from the course to the women in your ethnography. Your ethnography may be checked out from the library (in which case you will need to take lots of notes to have access to all the information you need throughout the term) or purchased online from amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. The library has joined LINK+, which gives all of access to the complete libraries of 50+ universities in California, including ULCA and UC Riverside. You should be able to get hold of virtually any book that is in print through LINK+.
You can use any or all of the books assigned for class in writing your term paper, and should bring at least TWO ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SOURCESinto your materials when writing the term paper. Hundreds of full-text sources about women from cultures around the world are found online through Wilson Library’s database eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. The written components of the project must be submitted in American Anthropological Association (AAA) format. This includes citations for all information you use, a reference page in correct format, and a maximum of three direct quotes. See the last page of the syllabus for directions regarding AAA format. Spelling, grammar and formatting count. The Learning Enhancement Center in the Campus Center has writing tutors if you need help with writing. If you have questions about the papers, their content, their organization or their format, ask them in a timely manner. Do not wait until the last minute.
Please check the section on academic honesty on page 2 of this syllabus. No credit will be given for papers that are not original work. Ideas, facts, examples and reasoning taken from the writings of others must be cited regardless of whether they are quoted or paraphrased. Paragraphs, sentences or phrases taken directly from sources must be put in quotes and cited in the text of the paper using APA format.
Tentative Schedule*
DATE TOPIC READINGS
2/5&2/7 / Introductions and Definitions2/12&14 / Theories about Women / Ward, Introduction 1st ¼ Ethnography
2/19 / Making a Living the World of Work / Ward, Chapter 1 2nd ¼ Ethnography
2/21 / NO CLASS
2/23 / Methodology and Bias / Ward, Chapter 2 3rd ¼ Ethnography
2/2628 / Review
EXAM ONE 2/28 / Ward, Chapters 3&7 Finish Ethnography
3/5&7 / Student Presentations / Sanday 1-61
3/12&14 / Student Presentations / Sanday 61-120
3/1921 / Spring Break – NO CLASS
3/26&28 / Biology Vs. Culture
Gender Spectrums / Ward, Chapter 4 Sanday 121-180
4/2&4 / Synopsis Paper Due 4/2
Partnerships and Families / Sanday 181-end
4/9&11 / Patterns of Power and Authority / Ward, Chapter 5 Alsanea 1-75
4/16&18 / Sanday book / Ward, Chapter 8 Alsanea 75-150
4/23&25 / Review
EXAM TWO 4/25
4/30&5/2 / Gender and Pollution
Religion and Healing / Ward, Chapter 6 Alsanea 150-225
5/79 / Who Owns Her Body
Alsanea book / Ward, Chapter9 Alsanea 225-end
5/14&16 / Women in the Modern World
Are There Universal Human Rights?
TERM PAPER DUE 5/16 / Ward, Chapter 10
5/21 / Review
5/24-31 / FINAL EXAMINATION WEEK
*May be adjusted at the discretion of the instructor.
American Anthropological Association (AAA) Style Guide
Manuscript Formating
•Margins should be one inch on all sides. Text should be left justified but NOT right justified.
•All text should be double spaced and in 12 point font.
- Headings are as follows, with the first two left justified, and the third level heading indented and placed at the beginning of a paragraph. First level headings are all caps. Second level headings capitalize all words except articles and prepositions. Third level headings begin with a capital letter, but do not capitalize any other words unless they are proper nouns like names. The first two level headings are bolded. The third level is not.
HEADING STYLE 1
Heading Style 2
Heading style 3. The paragraph follows this heading.
Quotations
•All published quotations must be cited with year and page number(s) with the sentence end punctuation after the citation.
Eg. As Marshal says, “Poverty is the bane of modern society” (1992:7–8).
•If quote takes more than four manuscript lines, make it a block quote.
•Indent block quotes ½ inch from the left margin.
•Block quotes should be single-spaced if the text of the document is single-spaced and double-spaced if the text of the document is double-spaced.
•Use brackets for citation at the end of a block; put sentence period before citation.
Eg. . . the end of the quote. [Smith 1999: 128]
•If multiple paragraphs occur within a continuous block, the first paragraph should
have no indent, but subsequent paragraphs should be marked by indents.
Citations
•All citations must be in author–date form. Do not cite the same source multiple times in a row if you have not used material from another reference in the meantime.
•Place text citations as near the author’s name as possible, except for placing quotation citations after the quote.
Eg. Smith (1990) eloquently describes the material.
•For multiple authors use commas and the word “and” not the & between author names.
Eg. Ethnic identity is a very fluid phenomenon (Jones and Smith 2008).
•Use “et al.” in text citations of three or more authors every time you cite the reference.
Eg. (Jones et al. 2008) NOT (Jones, Smith and Brown 2008).
•For quotes, use a colon, and no space, between year and page number.
Eg. (Waterman 1990:3–7)
Reference Section
•References should be in a section beginning on a new page and titled References Cited.
•References should be single spaced.
•All references cited in the text must be included in the reference section.
•No references should be included that have not been used as citations.
•References with the same author and date should be placed in alphabetical order, by title.
•List references in alphabetical order by author’s last names.
•Use hanging indention (see examples).
Single-Author Book
Castles, Stephen
1990 Here for Good. London: Pluto Press.
Coauthored Book
Bonacich, Edna, and John Modell
1975 The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity: Small Business in the Japanese American
Community. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Multiple References in the Same Year (alphabetize by title)
Gallimore, Ronald
1983a A Christmas Feast. New York: OxfordUniversity Press.
1983b Holiday Gatherings in the Pacific Northwest. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Work Accepted for Publication
Spindler, George
In press In Pursuit of a Dream: The Experience of Central Americans Recently Arrived in the
United States. Stanford: StanfordUniversity Press.
Unpublished Work
Smith, John
N.d. Education and Reproduction among Turkish Families in Sydney. Unpublished MS,
Department of Education, University of Sydney.
Chapter in Book with Editor(s)
Rohlen, Thomas P.
1993 Education: Policies and Prospects. In Koreans in Japan: Ethnic Conflicts and
Accommodation. Cameron Lee and George De Vos, eds. Pp. 182–222. Berkeley: University
of California Press.
Article in Journal
Moll, Luis C.
2000 Writing as Communication: Creating Strategic Learning Environments for Students. Theory
into Practice 25(3):202–208.
Report
Kamehameha Schools
1977 Results of the Minimum Objective System, 1975–1976. Technical Report, 77. Honolulu:
Kamehameha Schools, Kamehameha Elementary Education Program.
Ph.D. Dissertation or M.A. Thesis
D’Amato, John
1989 “We Cool, Tha’s Why”: A Study of Personhood and Plac e in a Class of Hawaiian Second
Graders. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Education, University of Hawai‘i.
Paper
Shimahara, Nobuo K.
1998 Mobility and Education of Buraku: The Case of a Japanese Minority. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 18.
Article in Newspaper or Popular Magazine
Reinhold, Robert
2000 Illegal Aliens Hoping to Claim Their Dreams. New York Times, November 3: A1, A10.
Editorial
1992 Washington Post, February 14: B2.
Boston Globe
1983 How Can I Become a Self-Starter? Boston Globe, May 10: A23–A24.
Personal Communication (including e-mail, listserv, and newsgroup messages)
Should be cited in text citations, with specific date, but not in reference section:
Horace Smith claims (letter to author, July 12, 1993)
Internet Documents/Government Documents
Use this format for public Internet documents with URLs.
Rheingold, Howard
2000 A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community. Electronic document,
accessed July 5.
Film, Video, Television, and Music Recordings
Carvajal, Carmela, and David C. Kim, dirs.
1998 High School Parody. 120 min. Paramount Pictures. Hollywood.
Bush, George, Jr.
2000 Interview by Jim Lehrer. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. PBS, May 18.
Shakur, Tupac
1997 I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto. From R U Still Down? (remember me). New York:
Interscope Records.
Authors of Forewords, Afterwords, or Introductions
Comaroff, Jean, and John Comaroff
1993 Introduction. In Modernity and Its Malcontents: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa.
Jean Comaroff and John Comaroff, eds. Pp. xi–xxxvii. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.