Category: Module 9

Leilani Loveless DB 9

I think during the first half of the twentieth century, the term “nuclear family” became quite popular in the sense that that was the ideal family that everyone should have and be like. As a result many women were  discouraged and criticized from working outside the home. Due to this the transition from agriculture to modern industrial jobs typically requires men to leave their homes for work in another location. Which is why the emphasis of the nuclear family model, each woman, one per household, was often encouraged to stay at home and raise children. As a result of this is the reason why feminists are interested in why family and household arrangements are viewed as less than ideal in today’s world.

MODULE 9

OVERVIEW for this week

Please watch this video (13 minutes!) for an overview/context for this week’s materials. If you want to access the slides directly, you can find them here

READ

beyondmarriage.org, “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision for All Our Families and Relationships“

Das Gupta, “‘Don’t Deport our Daddies: Gendering State Deportation Practices and Immigrant Organizing”  Read the section on “Caregiving Dads” (pages 92-98) + if you can, the beginning (pages 84-89) (and, of course, you are encouraged to read the whole article.)

WATCH

Paris is Burning (film, on Kanopy) (78 minutes): KANOPY is available on the BMCC Library’s Databases page here

Kanopy is amazing and I hope you browse the available films for your own viewing! You do need a log in but it takes 1 minute to set that up. Sometimes, I have a hard time opening Kanopy so I try a different browser and that always helps.

DISCUSSION BOARD #9 (DUE 4/12)

Instructions/How to post here

How do feminist and queer interventions challenge ideas of the “nuclear family?” What do they say are the limits? What other visions do we see for the ways that families can be formed? What are your thoughts about family structure and what these interventions offer us?

Please title your post: First Name Last Name: DB 9 and select “DB 9” as the category for your post.

FINAL PROJECT DRAFT due by 4/27

The draft for your project can be turned in ANYTIME but the absolute FINAL deadline is April 27. The sooner you give me a draft, the more time you will have to work on your revisions. You can turn the draft in as a post (just pick “Draft” as your category) — and you can also link to a googledoc or googleslide in your post. If you need to turn it in another way, just let me know ahead of time.

When you submit your draft,  I ask you to write me a short letter in which you share your own assessment of your work:

  • What are your goals? 
  • What do you think is working well in your project?
  • Where do you feel you need support or improvement? 

FInal Project to-Dos

  • The instructions are here.
  • If you have not submitted your proposal, please do so as soon as possible. 
      • You can write your proposal as a post on our course site and select “PROPOSAL” as your category. You can make it private. Either way, my feedback to you will be private.
  • If you have not done so: sign up for a meeting with me ASAP here
  • If you have not done so: sign up for a class presentation ASAP here