WMS 500

This guide provides access to resources for Women's & Gender Studies (WMS) 500 Feminist Theories & Practices. 

To access the library's resources from off campus you must log into Southern Search. For more information about accessing the library's resources from off campus see the guide to Off Campus Access.

Please note that print resources are not available online. The links in the lists of print resources go to their records in Southern Search. Print resources for WMS 500 are on reserve in the library. For more information about how to access materials that are on reserve please see General Information about Reserves.

Note: For students who are currently enrolled in WMS 500, please see the course syllabus for more information regarding the order of readings and dates by which readings should be completed.

The resources below are available online. Please note: to access online library resources you must be logged into Southern Search. For more information about using library resources from off campus please see the Library's Off Campus Access Guide. 

The resources below are included in the Library's print collections. Clicking the linked text will take you to the record in Southern Search, which will show the call number and whether the book is available.  Print resources for WMS 500 are on reserve in the library.

• "Feminism"
  Kramarae, Cheris., and Paula A. Treichler. Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones : a Feminist Dictionary. 2nd ed.]. ed., Pandora, 1992.
• "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House"
  Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider : Essays and Speeches. Crossing Press, 1984. 
• "What is Feminism?" by Rosalind Delmar
  Cott, N., Mitchell, J., & Oakley, A. (1986). What is feminism? (1st American ed.). New York: Pantheon Books.
• "Maternal Practice" and "Maternal Thinking"
  Ruddick, S. (1990). Maternal thinking : Toward a politics of peace (1st Ballantine Books ed.). New York: Ballantine.
• "Theory as a Liberatory Practice"
  hooks, bell. (1994). Teaching to transgress : Education as the practice of freedom. New York: Routledge.
• "Contesting Cultures: 'Westernization," Respect for Cultures, and Third-World Feminisms" 
  ​Narayan, U. (1997). Dislocating cultures : Identities, traditions, and Third-World feminism (Thinking gender). New York: Routledge.

The resources below are available online. Please note: to access online library resources you must be logged into Southern Search. For more information about using library resources from off campus please see the Library's Off Campus Access Guide. 

The resources below are included in the Library's print collections. Clicking the linked text will take you to the record in Southern Search, which will show the call number and whether the book is available.  

• "Declaration of Sentiments"
  Stanton, E., Anthony, S., Gage, M., & Harper, I. (1969). History of woman suffrage, v.1. New York, Arno Press.
• "Chapter II. The Family." (p.96)
  Engels, F., & Leacock, E. (1972). The origin of the family, private property, and the state, in the light of the researches of Lewis H. Morgan (1st ed.). New York: International.
• "Girl slaves of the Milwaukee breweries." (p.597-601)
  Jones, Foner, & Foner, Philip Sheldon. (2003). Mother Jones speaks : Speeches and writings of a working-class fighter. New York. NY: Pathfinder Press.
• "Working Woman and Mother" (p.127-139)
  ​Kollontaĭ, A., & Holt, A. (1980). Selected writing of Alexandra Kollontai. New York: Norton.

The resources below are available online. Please note: to access online library resources you must be logged into Southern Search. For more information about using library resources from off campus please see the Library's Off Campus Access Guide. 

The resources below are included in the Library's print collections. Clicking the linked text will take you to the record in Southern Search, which will show the call number and whether the book is available.  

• "Sex and Temperament"
  Mead, M. (1950). Sex and temperament in three primitive societies. (Mentor book ; 56). New York: New American Library. 
• "Introduction" and "Chapter 12"
  Beauvoir, S. (1983). The second sex. New York: Knopf.

The resources below are available online. Please note: to access online library resources you must be logged into Southern Search. For more information about using library resources from off campus please see the Library's Off Campus Access Guide. 

The resources below are included in the Library's print collections. Clicking the linked text will take you to the record in Southern Search, which will show the call number and whether the book is available.  

• Solanas, V. (2004). SCUM manifesto. London ; New York: Verso. (MISSING)
• "The Liberation of Black Women" by Pauli Murray (p.87)
  Thompson, M. (1971). Voices of the new feminism. Boston: Beacon Press.
• "Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture" by Sherry B. Ortner (p.67)
  Rosaldo, M., Lamphere, L., & Bamberger, J. (1974). Woman, culture, and society. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
• "The Woman Identified Woman" by Radicalesbians (p.153)
  Nicholson, L. (1997). The second wave : A reader in feminist theory. New York: Routledge.
• "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (p.837)
  Braudy, L., & Cohen, M. (2004). Film theory and criticism : Introductory readings (6th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
• "Not for Lesbians Only" (p.174)
  Bunch, C. (1987). Passionate politics : Essays, 1968-1986 : Feminist theory in action (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press.
• "Conclusion" (p.99)
  Mernissi, F. (1975). Beyond the veil ; male-female dynamics in a modern Muslim society. Cambridge, Mass. : New York: Schenkman Pub. ; distributed solely by Halsted Press.
• "Chicana Feminism" (p.52)
  García, A. (1997). Chicana feminist thought : The basic historical writings. New York: Routledge.
• "This Sex Which is Not One" (p.23)
  Irigaray, L. (1985). This sex which is not one. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
• "The Sexual Sociology of Adult Life" (p.173)
  Chodorow, N. (1978). The reproduction of mothering : Psychoanalysis and the sociology of gender. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• "The Metapatriarchal Journey of Exorcism and Ecstasy" (p.1)
  Daly, M. (1978). Gyn/ecology : The metaethics of radical feminism. Boston: Beacon Press.
• "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference" (p.114) (MISSING)
  Lorde, A. (1984). Sister outsider : Essays and speeches (Crossing Press feminist series). Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press.
• "The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union" 
  Sargent, L. (1981). Women and revolution : A discussion of the unhappy marriage of Marxism and feminism (South End Press political controversies series ; #2). Boston, MA: South End Press.
• "Asian Pacific American Women and Feminism" by Mitsuye Yamada (p.71)
  Moraga, C., & Anzaldúa, G. (1983). This bridge called my back : Writings by radical women of color (2nd ed.). New York: Kitchen Table, Women of Color Press.
• "Foreword" by Toni Cade Bambara (p.vi)
  Moraga, C., & Anzaldúa, G. (1983). This bridge called my back : Writings by radical women of color (2nd ed.). New York: Kitchen Table, Women of Color Press.
• "Images of Relationship" (p.24)
  Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice : Psychological theory and women's development. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
• "Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses" by Chandra Talpade Mohanty (p.51)
  Mohanty, C., Russo, A., Torres, L., & American Council of Learned Societies. (1991). Third World women and the politics of feminism (ACLS Humanities E-Book). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• "Pleasure and Danger: Toward a Politics of Sexuality" by Carol Vance (p.1)
  Vance, C. (1984). Pleasure and danger : Exploring female sexuality. Boston: Routledge & K. Paul.
• "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century" by Donna Haraway (p. 475)
  Jones, A. (2003). The feminism and visual culture reader (In sight). London ; New York: Routledge.

The resources below are available online. Please note: to access online library resources you must be logged into Southern Search. For more information about using library resources from off campus please see the Library's Off Campus Access Guide. 

The resources below are included in the Library's print collections. Clicking the linked text will take you to the record in Southern Search, which will show the call number and whether the book is available.  

• "La Conciencia de la Mestiza: Towards a New Consciousness"
  Anzaldúa, G. (1999). Borderlands = La frontera (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.
• "Does Sex Have a History?" by Denise Riley
  Riley, D. (1988). "Am I that name?" : Feminism and the category of "women" in history. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota.
• "Development, Ecology and Women" by Vandana Shiva
  Shiva, V. (1988). Staying alive : Women, ecology, and development. London: Zed Books.
• "The Ecology of Feminism and the Feminism of Ecology" by Ynestra King
  Plant, J. (1989). Healing the wounds : The promise of ecofeminism. Philadelphia, PA: New Society.
• "Sexuality" by Catharine MacKinnon
  MacKinnon, C. (1989). Toward a feminist theory of the state. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
• "The Theoretical Subject(s) of This Bridge Called My Back and Anglo-American Feminism" by Normal Alarcón 
  Anzaldúa, G. (1990). Making face, making soul = Haciendo caras : Creative and critical perspectives by feminists of color (1st ed.). San Francisco: Aunt Lute Foundation Books.

The following is a list of supplementary readings in print and online resources. Please consult with your professor regarding these materials.

• Carby, Hazel. "White Woman Listen! Black Feminism and the Boundaries of Sisterhood" 
  Hennessy, R., & Ingraham, C. (1997). Materialist feminism : A reader in class, difference, and women's lives. New York: Routledge.​
• Barrett, M., & McIntosh, M. (1985). Ethnocentrism and Socialist-Feminist Theory. Feminist Review, (20), 23–47. https://doi.org/10.2307/1394666