SO375 Syllabus f09 Thesis

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SO375 Professor Teresa Arendell

Mothers and Daughters Fall 2009

(Specal Topcs n !onte"porar# $59%&7'' (no e"al

Fa"l# )elatons Da"ond 205

Offce hours* T+ )+ ''*00%'2*00+ ,ed- 2*30%3*30and .# appont"ent

We could therefore say that every mother contains her daughter in herself and

every daughter her mother, and that every woman extends backwards into her

mother and forwards into her daughter.

!/ ung+Essays on a Science of Mythology

1n ths course e eplore the "other%daughter relatonshp as presented and n4estgated n

socologcal theores+ case studes+ ethnographes and auto.ographcal no4els- ,e dra also upon

depctons of "other%daughter d#na"cs n "#th+ far# tales+ "e"or+ fcton+ poetr#+ and fl"- #

stuatng "other%daughter relatonshps n ther socal and cultural contets+ e .rng a .road

socologcal and socal%ps#chologcal lens to our stud#- ,e "o4e .ac6 and forth .eteen a .road+

relat4el# "ore o.ect4e perspect4e and the "ore ""edatel# personal and eperental- Further+e engage n a collect4e constructon of 6noledge and understandng- ,e learn fro" hat the

authors of course readngs and 4deos "a6e a4ala.le to us and+ n turn+ e dsco4er and .rng to

each other8s attenton resources 6noledge+ nsghts+ eperences of our on-

A ca4eat* The course readngs are focused on "other%daughter relatons n the ,est+ partcularl#

(and nearl# eclus4el# :orth A"erca- As e8ll see n the "aterals+ "an# argue or "pl# that

"an# f not "ost of "other%daughter d#na"cs are un4ersal n so"e profound a#s and+ thus+

not culturall# specfc- ;et+ e 6no that culture does shape fa"l# and "otherng- ,e8ll

consder these "atters as e proceed through the course and ll reach to other cultures as

pro"pted- Also+ 18ll .e open to nd4dual students su.sttutng an auto.ographcal no4el fro"

another culture (not studed n another course+ hoe4er for ether the Marshall or Tan .oo6s-

Ths s to .e dscussed th "e n ad4ance+ please- Fl"s ll also assst us n reachng .e#ondthe :orth A"ercan cultural s#ste" (and su.%s#ste"s-

Required Readings*

Ths s a readng%.ased se"nar- Thus+ certain readings are requiredand must be read in

preparation for class discussion as assigned- These .oo6s are*

!arlson+


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)eco""ended*

?"echeta+ uch- '979- he 2oys of %otherhood. :e ;or6* /eorge ra>ller-


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Stene"+ /lora- )uth8s Song- 1n &utrageous 'cts and Eeryday Rebellions-

The =gl# Duc6lng-B/r""s Far# Tale-

,al6er+ Alce- '9$3- 1n Search of Our Mothers /ardens+B and One !hld of One8s On* A

Meanngful Dgresson thn the ,or6(s-B 1n$n Search of &ur Mothers0 #ardens* %omanist*rose- :e ;or6* @arcourt race-

Recommended (of almost-innumerable possibilities):

Arendell+ Terr#- The :e !are ,or6 of Mddle !lass Mothers* Managng !hldrearng+

?"plo#"ent+ and T"e- Minding the "ime in Family E/perience: Emerging *erspecties and

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Required Coursework

Required readings* As ndcated .elo (th a fe addtonal readngs assgned as e "o4e

through the course- Ths s a readng%ntens4e course- e preparedJJ

Attendance* /4en that ths course s .ased on a shared eploraton of selected readngs+ #our

attendance s "perat4e- Further+ e "eet onl# tel4e t"es so an# a.sence f sgnfcant- There

are noecused a.sences* #ou are to .e n class- Serous+ 4erfa.le llness or fa"l# e"ergenc#

should .e dscussed th "e as pro"ptl# as s poss.le- An# a.sence+ for hate4er reason+ reKures

that a s to eght page anal#tc essa# .e rtten+ on a topc assgned and related to the course

readngs dscussed n the class "ssed- A second a.sence ll necesstate #our .eng dropped fro"

the course-

Class participation* ?ach student8s partcpaton n class dscussons s essental your

partcpaton n class dscusson s essental- !o"e to class prepared and read# to engage n

dscusson+ Kuestonng+ and n4estgaton- rng the .oo6s and artcles assgned for dscusson forthat da#- 18ll pro4de ad4anced gudelnes as 1 dee" approprate for partcular readngs- Also+ 18ll

regularl# as6 #ou to .rng n so"e prepared contr.utons for dscussons-

Additional course contributions: ;ou8ll .e as6ed+ n rotaton+ to .rng so"ethng toshare at the .egnnng of our class "eetng*poe"s andGor partcular peces of "usc+ a

chldren8s stor#+ far# tale+ and so forth- (rng suffcent copes of poe"s or song l#rcs to

dstr.ute to e4er#one- (Ths s to ta6e ten "nutes or less-

!ideos: 1n addtonto 4eng 4deos durng scheduled class "eetngs+ e ll "eet at

least one e4enng to 4e a 4deo+ perhaps to e4enngs for to 4deos- The schedule ll

.e deter"ned as a group-

"ritten work*

Mscellaneous ee6l# response papers and outlnes for facltaton of class dscussons on

partcular readngs (n other ords+ act4e class partcpaton and engage"ent 20L of course

grade

!lass presentaton on selected topc and short (3%& pages paper (end of the ter" '5L of course

grade To anal#tc essa#s+ frst due '0G27 and second due '2G'5- The paper topcs ll pertan

specfcall# to course readngs and class dscussonsE the# ll not reKure outsde research .ut ll

ental del4ng n depth nto so"e partcular aspects of the "other%daughter relatonshp and d#na"c

as depcted n selected lterature read n the course- (Other optons ll also .e dscussed-Suggested paper length* .eteen '0 and '2 pages- 'st paper+ 30L of course gradeE 2nd paper+

35L of course grade

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Tentat4e Su.ect to !hange and )e4son

he cathexis between mother and daughter 4 essential, distorted, misused 4 is

the great unwritten story. *robably there is nothing in human nature more

resonant with charges than the flow of energy between two biologically alikebodies, one of which has lain in amniotic bliss inside the other.

Adrenne )ch+ &f %oman orn

"eek * +, 1ntroductons to each other and to the course-

"eek

+,/,* +,0 O1er1iew of sociological* ps2chological* and feminist perspecti1es*

?sta.lshng an nterdscplnar# .ase for ea"nng the "other%daughter

relatonshp

)ead for ,ee6 2

Arendell+ !once4ng and 1n4estgatng Motherhood* The Decade of

ScholarshpB

Tan+ Mother Tongue-B ,engarten et al-+ n /arca !oll et al-+ 1ntroducton-B)uddc6+ Tal6ng a.out MothersB

Olesen+ 1 Stand @ere 1ronngB

!arlson+ $n )er $mage: "he -nhealed Daughter0s Search for )er Mother-

1ntroducton+ chapters '+ 2+ 3+ (s6" &+ 5+ C+ 7 (and s6" $ and 9+ and

concluson

!ideo: Motherhood Manifesto

"eek 3

+,* +,4 5others and 5otherhood: the "estern "orld

)ead for ,ee6 3

"he )omeric )ymn to Demeter1transl- .# @elene P- Fole#arng and !ashford-- pages %'3+ PrefaceB and B1n the egnnng* The Palaeolthc

Mother /oddessB

/eorge+ pages 23$%2&2+ The ?leusnan M#steres+B and pages 252%257+ The Mother%

Daughter Dar6 Moon M#steresBMedea+ .# ?urpdes http*GGclasscs-"t-eduG?urpdesG"edea-pl-tt

The A.ena6 1ndans8 "#thologcal tradton*)ead (n class* /lus6a.e and the /a"e ag (pro4ded n class

Poetr# .# !her#l Sa4ageau (pro4ded n class


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"eek 4

+,+* , Currents in 6s2chological and 7ender 8heori9ing: eo-Ob;ect

Relations* %ffects of 5other oss and 5other ?nadequacies on &aughters

)ead for ,ee6 5

?del"an+Motherless Daughters

Stene"+ )uth8s Song-B

!ideo: Daughter from Danang

)eco""ended* eloed

"eeks = @ 0

,3 fall brea( 4 no class meeting

,/ 5other oss and Adaptations BOther 5others and &aughters,* ,

)ead for ,ee6s C and 7

)ogers+ Other"otherngB

@aro+ A Mother8s Stor#B

Fraser ,#che+ et Me Suffer So M# aton and )e%!reatng Motherhood+B chpt- 9

,0* ,+ &aughter oss and 5othering

)ead for ,ee6 $

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Shelds+ -nless

,engarten n /arca !oll et- al+ Sdelned :o More* Pro"otng Mothers of

Adolescents as a )esource for Ther /roth and De4elop"ent+ chpt- '

@a#s+ Mo""# ,arsB

"eek +,3* ,/ Class* Race* ?mmigration #tatus* and 5other-&aughters: Relations and ?dentities

'rown (irl, 'rownstones

)ead for ,ee6 9

Marshall+ro!n #irl1 ro!nstones

"eek

,* , Class* Race* ?mmigration* Cultural 8raditions* and 5other-

&aughter Relations 'onesetter#s "aughter

)ead for ,ee6 '0Tan1 onesetter0s Daughter

!ideoGoutsde of class 4eng* "he Joy 5uc( +lub

"eek

,0* ,+ Race* Circular 5igration* Cultural 8raditions* and 5other-

&aughter Relations $ilent "ancing

)ead for ,ee6 ''

Ort> !ofer1 Silent Dancing

Fra6t"an n /arca !oll+ 1""grant Mothers* ,hat Ma6es The" @gh )s6+chpt- &

Flanagan n /arca !oll+ Teen Mothers* !ounterng the M#ths of D#sfuncton

and De4elop"ental Dsrupton+B chpt- ''

"eek

,4* ,=

8hanksgi1ing break

)ead for ,ee6 '2Mason and Mason ?6"an+Mothers on the Fast "rac(

"eek 3

,* ,3 #ocial 6olic2 and 5othering "riting 5emoirs of 5other-&aughter Relations

)ead for ,ee6 '3

Spar6s n /arca !oll+ Aganst All Odds* )esstance and )eslence n Afrcan

A"ercan ,elfare Mothers+B chpt- '0

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en6o4 n /arca !oll+ ;es+ 1 A" a San* )eflectons on Fa"les @eaded .#

es.ans and /a# Men+ chpt- &

* , #tudent presentations

!ideo: &ranges 're ,ot the &nly Fruit

deo reco""endatons*

0,ight Mother

Daughters of Suicide

"erms of Endearment

&ne "rue "hing

Florence and Robyn

'ny!here ut )ere

,uyorican Dream

Real %omen )ae +uresDiine Secrets of the 6a76a Sisterhood

%hale Rider

)eco""ended addtonal readng (a partal lstng-

:ote* for scholarl# reco""endatons+ see ..lographes of Arendell papers (lsted on s#lla.us+

and !hodoro+ /are#+ and @a#s .oo6s-

Ah"ed+ ela- 2000- ' order *assage: From +airo to 'merica77' %oman8s Journey. :e ;or6*

6ng Pengun-

Allson+ Doroth#- '992- astard &ut of +arolina. :e ;or6* DuttonGPlu"e-

egg+ ?an- '9$5- "he +ult of the lac( 2irgin. :e ;or6* Pengun-

radle#+ Maron I""er- '9$7- "he Mists of 'alon. :e ;or6* allantne oo6s-!hodoro+ :anc# ula- '97$- "he Reproduction of Mothering: *sychoanalysis and the Sociology

of #ender. er6ele#+ !A* =n4erst# of !alforna Press-

!sneros+ Sandra- '99'- "he )ouse on Mango Street. :e ;or6*


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