The term “feminist” means a women-centered perspective, that is, seeing the world from a female perspective in a male-dominated society. Both men and women can write from a feminist perspective! You can expand your discussion to include race, class, sexual preference, or gender identity in your paper as long as you relate it to the class-assigned readings. Choose TWO articles from the required readings assigned below and, using the assigned texts you choose, write a detailed discussion about what justice from a feminist perspective means to you and also how it is understood by other scholars from a feminist perspective, based on your outside research sources. Be sure to do a focused critical analysis of how justice can be understood in the context of the class-assigned text you choose to write about. Your paper must be grounded by a clear thesis statement and it MUST BE A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE ASSIGNED READINGS BELOW. Do NOT write a paper that does NOT focus on the assigned readings from this class. You can use www.m-w.com to look up (and help you to pronounce) words you are unfamiliar with. THIS MUST BE A FOCUSED DISCUSSION OF TWO OF THE ASSIGNED TEXTS!!! Text choices are below. Please choose TWO, make at least one a lengthier choice (don’t use the two shortest please!): Read “Behind the Scenes” by Elizabeth Keckley Read “The Damnation of Women” by W.E.B. Du Bois Read “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin Read “La Loba” (“The She-Wolf”) by Alfonsina Storni (use the English version for quotes, etc. even if you read in Spanish) **”Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid can be used as a 3rd class-assigned source, but not as one of the main two. You still need TWO additional outside RESEARCH sources if you use “Girl” as a third source.
