课程说明

认同政治是60年代以来／别弱势主体凝聚并推动社会运动的重要力量，但是认同政治对流动与暧昧的本质主义式疑惧，也在近年对本质主义的重新思考中遭受挑战，更在新性／别弱势主体的浮现中显出某种压抑的霸气。本课程将从女性主义和酷儿论述的交锋来思考认同政治的吊诡，从而检视第二波女性主义在世纪末展现的某种颟顸。课程的要求包括每周书面回应阅读材料、课内口头报告、期中中文论文（4-5页）或翻译经典论文一篇，期末英文论文（8-10页），迟交者一律请事前与教师协商。

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.