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COURSE TITLE: Faces of Inequality: Gender, Racism, and Violence in Brazil COORDINATOR: Professor Márcia Macêdo CREDITS: 3 semester / 4.5 quarter HOURS OF INSTRUCTION: 45 DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE This course aims to examine the socio‐anthropological nature of the relationship between gender, race, class, and other distinguishing characteristics of Brazilian society. While the course treats gender as the central social marker for examining inequality in Brazil, it follows a critical perspective and analysis that take into account that “not everything is a question of gender”, as well as recognizing the fundamental importance of understanding the connections between sexism and racism in the structuring of violence that affects economically disadvantaged groups. In this context, the course will seek to create a dialogue, based in deconstructionist theory, of essentialist analyses about gender and race, through the establishment of connections with intersectional, prototypical situations of social inequality, such as domestic work, gender violence and racism, with an emphasis on the unique experience of black women. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, students should be able to:  understand the relevance of gender, its meaning as a category of analysis, and its transversality for analysis of social relations.  understand the importance of the concepts of race/racism for the readings about ethno‐racial relations in Brazilian society, in particular the situation of the black population.  identify and analyze the phenomenon of gender violence ‐ in its multiple expressions ‐ as a privileged form of production and reproduction of the relations of power and domination.  critically analyze ‐ and, if possible, compare with their own home culture/society ‐ how the intersections of gender, race, and class influence the empowerment of black women. CLASS TRIPS/OTHER ACTIVITIES Students will visit political and cultural organizations in Salvador, such as:  SINDOMÉSTICO ‐ Union of Domestic Workers  Coletivo de Mulheres do Calafate (an organization that combats domestic violence)  NEIM ‐ Center for Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies  Loreta Valadares Center of Reference and Combat Against Domestic Violence 
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the Steve Biko Cultural Institute. In addition to these activities, special guests from the academic and activist worlds will be invited to give guest lectures related to the topics of the course. The group will also attend local performances related to the topics of the course. 
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS: This course requires that students attend class regularly, and actively participate through completion of readings, preparation, for class, active listening, and involvement in class discussions. Students will research and produce written works connecting the central thematic areas of the course as well as their own concrete experiences and personal reflections. Students will carry out a final research and reflection project related to a regional topic of interest relevant to the topics covered in the course. SHORT PAPERS: 3 short papers (2‐3 pages) will guide students in connecting course content with personal experience, observation and comparative reflection on issues of contemporary Bahian reality. Topics will vary based on course outline and student interest.  FINAL RESEARCH AND REFLECTION PROJECT: This final project will include a literature review, research, reflection on students’ personal experience related to the topic, a required draft and revision, and a final presentation. Students will be supported, guided and monitored on an ongoing basis by the professor in order to help them successfully complete their course requirements and assignments. COURSE PROGRAM I ­ Gender as a central social marker for examining inequality in Brazil  Trajectory of gender as a concept and the theoretical and political fields in Brazil  Gender: theoretical, methodological, and political implications of the concept  Inequality, difference, diversity Bibliographic References BRAH, Avtar. Diferença, diversidade, diferenciação. Cadernos Pagu, Unicamp‐
campinas, n. 26, p.329‐376, 2006. LOURO, Guacira Lopes. A emergência do gênero. In: ______. Gênero, sexualidade e educação: uma perspectiva pós‐estruturalista. Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes, 1997, p.14‐36. MACEDO, M. S. ; SARDENBERG, C. M. B. . Relações de gênero: uma breve introdução ao tema. In: COSTA, A.A.; RODRIGUES, A.T.; VANIN, I.M.. (Org.). Ensino e gênero: perspectivas transversais. Salvador: Núcleo de Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre a Mulher/UFBA, 2008. OAKLEY, Ann. Sex, Gender and Society. London: Temple Smith. London: Gower, 1985. SCOTT, Joan W. O enigma da igualdade. Estudos Feministas, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, v.,13, n,.1, p.11‐30, jan./ abr. 2005. II – Racism, Sexism, and their Articulations
 Gender and race relations in Brazil
 When race meets gender: “not just a woman, a black woman”
 Black women: from invisible to political subjects
 Portrayal of the inequalities of gender and race: what the indicators say
Bibliographic References
BRASIL. Retrato das desigualdades de gênero e raça / Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada ...[et al.]. ‐ 4ª ed. ‐ Brasília: Ipea, 2011. 39 p. CALDWELL, Kia Lilly. Fronteiras da diferença raça e mulher no Brasil. Estudos Feministas 2/2000, p. 91‐108. CARNEIRO, Sueli. Raça e Gênero. In: BRUSCHINI, C. & UNBEHAUM, S. (org.) Gênero, democracia e sociedade brasileira, p. 167‐194, Editora 34, São Paulo, 2002. CRENSHAW, KIMBERLÉ. Documento para o encontro de especialistas em aspectos da discriminação racial relativos ao gênero, Estudos feministas 1, 2002, pp.171‐189. MOUTINHO, Laura. Raça, Sexualidade e Gênero na construção da identidade nacional: uma comparação entre Brasil e África do Sul, in Cadernos PAGU, 2004, 23, pp. 55‐89 RODRIGUES, C. S. ; PRADO, M. A. M. . Movimento de Mulheres Negras: Trajetória Política, Práticas Mobilizatórias e Articulação com o Estado Brasileiro. Psicologia & Sociedade, v. 22, p. 445‐456, 2010. III - Brazilian Society and Intersecting Inequalities
 Understanding the concept of Intersectionalities
 Domestic Work: gender, race, and class
 Gender Violence: the hidden side of inequality
Bibliographic References ALMEIDA, Suely de Souza. Violência e Direitos Humanos no Brasil. Praia Vermelha: Estudos de Política e Teoria Social. RJ, UFRJ, PPGSS, n. 11, 2004. pp. 40‐69 BRITES, Jurema. Afeto e desigualdade: gênero, geração e classe entre empregadas domésticas e seus empregadores. Cadernos Pagu, n.29, p. 91‐109, jul‐dez. 2007. Disponível em: www.scielo.br/pdf/cpa/n29/a05n29.pdf. MELO, Hildete Pereira. De criadas a trabalhadoras. Estudos Feministas, Rio de Janeiro: IFCS/UFRJ, v. 6, n. 2, p. 323‐357, 1998. MOORE, Henrietta: “Fantasias de poder e fantasias de identidade: gênero, raça e violência” cadernos pagu, 14, 2000, pp.13‐44 SAFFIOTI, Heleieth I.B.. Contribuições feministas para o estudo da violência de gênero. Cadernos Pagu, n. 16, 2001, p. 115‐136. SANCHES, Solange. Trabalho doméstico: desafios para o trabalho decente. Estudos Feministas. 2009, vol.17, n.3, pp. 879‐888. GROUP PRESENTATION: will consist of a presentation by the students about a selected topic. The students should use visual aids to give a more dynamic presentation. Thus, students will use their creative abilities to demonstrate their comprehension of the topics and the establishment of links between the content studied. 1. Gender Relations– Brazil/USA 2. Intersections of gender, class, and race – Brazil/USA 3. Black women and political leadership 4. Domestic Work: a “paradoxical citizenship” 5. Multiple facets of violence against women 6. Faces of inequality – free topic