課程說明

認同政治是60年代以來／別弱勢主體凝聚並推動社會運動的重要力量，但是認同政治對流動與曖昧的本質主義式疑懼，也在近年對本質主義的重新思考中遭受挑戰，更在新性／別弱勢主體的浮現中顯出某種壓抑的霸氣。本課程將從女性主義和酷兒論述的交鋒來思考認同政治的吊詭，從而檢視第二波女性主義在世紀末展現的某種顢頇。課程的要求包括每週書面回應閱讀材料、課內口頭報告、期中中文論文（4-5頁）或翻譯經典論文一篇，期末英文論文（8-10頁），遲交者一律請事前與教師協商。

Readings:

• Alcoff, Linda. "Cultual Feminism vs. Post-Structuralism: The Identity Crisis in Feminist Theory." Nicholson 330-55.
• Braidotti, Rosi. "Feminism by Any Other Name: An Interview with Judith Butler." Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies 6.2+3 (1994): 27-61.
• Butler, Judith. "Against Proper Objects." Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies 6.2+3 (1994): 1-26.
• ---. "Imitation and Gender Insubordination." Nicholson 300-15.
• ---. "Introduction." Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of 'Sex.'" New York: Routledge, 1993. 1-23.
• De Lauretis, Teresa. "Queer Theory: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities: An Introduction." Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies 3.2 (1991): iii-xviii.
• Fuss, Diana. "The 'Risk' of Essence." Essentially Speaking: Feminism, Nature & Difference. New York: Routledge, 1989. 1-22.
• Mackinnon, Catharine A. "Sexuality." Nicholson 158-80.
• Nicholson, Linda, ed. The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory. New York: Routledge, 1997.
• Radicalesbians. "The Woman Identified Woman." Nicholson 153-57.
• Rubin, Gayle. "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality." The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader. Eds. By Henry Abelove, Michele Aina Barale, & David M. Halperin. New York: Routledge, 1993. 3-44.
• ---. "Sexual Traffic." Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies 6.2+3 (1994): 62-99.
• ---. "The Traffic in Women: Notes on the 'Political Economy' of Sex." Nicholson 27-62.
• Warner, Michael. "Introduction." Fear of a Queer Planet: Queer Politics and Social Theory. Ed. By Michael Warner. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1993. vii-xxxi.