The aim of the course is to offer a cross-section of key feminist texts with reference to and in dialogue with artistic
production and the development of the visual arts. The course aims to introduce students to the critical themes
addressed by the feminist movement of the 20th and 21st centuries to the present day. The course is based on
the reading and discussion of texts, which will be supplemented in class with examples from 20th and 21st
century art and curating.
Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (04.01.2024)
The aim of the course is to offer a cross-section of key feminist texts with reference to and in dialogue with artistic
production and the development of the visual arts. The course aims to introduce students to the critical themes
addressed by the feminist movement of the 20th and 21st centuries to the present day. The course is based on
the reading and discussion of texts, which will be supplemented in class with examples from 20th and 21st
century art and curating.
Literature
Last update: Denisa Tomková, M.Sc., Ph.D. (11.02.2024)
Obligatory:
Silvia Federici. Wages Against Housework. : Falling Wall Press and the Power of Women Collective, 1975, s. ISBN .
Linda Nochlin. Why Have Been No Great Women Artists? . In ARTNews. (1971): -.
Audre Lorde. Sister Outsider. Essays and Speeches. : Crossing Press, 2007, s. ISBN .
Sara Ahmed. Living a Feminist Life. : Duke University Press.
, 2016, s. ISBN .
Sara Ahmed. Queer Phenomenology. : Duke University Press, 2006, s. ISBN .
Ewa Majewska. Feminist Antifascism: Counterpublics of the Common. London: Verso, 2021, s. ISBN .
Angéla Kóczé, Violetta Zentai, Jelena Jovanović and Enikő Vincze. Introduction: Romani Feminist Critique and Gender Politics. In Angéla Kóczé, Violetta Zentai, Jelena Jovanović and Enikő Vincze. A Reflexive History of the Romani Women’s Movement: Struggles and Debates in Central and Eastern Europe. . : Routledge, 2019, s. -. ISBN ..
Legacy Russell. Glitch Feminism. London: Verso, 2020, s. ISBN .
Syllabus
Last update: Denisa Tomková, M.Sc., Ph.D. (08.01.2024)
Introduction
Wages against Housework (Silvia Federici)
Material Conditions for Artistic Production (Virgina Woolf, Linda Nochlin, Audre Lorde)
Socialist Internationalism and Feminism (Kristen Ghodsee, Monika Talarczyk and Magda Lipska, Alena Alamgir, Christina Shwenkel)
Eastern European Women and Post-Socialist Condition (Agata Pyzik, Barbara Einhorn, Marina Grzinić)
Intersectional Feminism (Ethel Brooks, Audre Lorde, bel hooks, Sara Ahmed)
Glitch feminism and Cyberfeminism (Donna Haraway, Legacy Russell, Braidotti Rosi)
Feminist killjoy (Sara Ahmed, bell hooks)
Queer Phenomenology (Sara Ahmed and Butler Judith, Jack Halberstam)
Speaking from the Periphery (Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Paul Preciado)
Reproductive Rights and Family Abolition (Ewa Majewska, Sophie Lewis)
Conclusions
Course completion requirements -
Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (04.01.2024)
class attendance, active participation in discussions, reading of required readings and a maximum of 2 absences
Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (04.01.2024)
class attendance, active participation in discussions, reading of required readings and a maximum of 2 absences