WSTA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Identity Politics, Consciousness Raising, Lesbian Feminism
28 Feb 2017
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Under western eyes: feminist scholarship and colonial discourses. My mother, your nanny (2009) is a documentary directed by carissa reyes (donny. Question: watch this short documentary and identify the different intersecting systems of oppression that the mother depicted in the video is experiencing. Other interesting documentary: the nanny business directed by shelley saywell (2010). Universality of white women"s voices by questioning the dominant construction of womanhood as frail and delicate . That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! These transformations led to many writings by women who started to theorize gender in relation to race and class. Again, these are just a few examples : applications.
