CAST 320
An Ever-present Past: Sexuality and Colonialism in the United States
Spring 2006
Professor Lisa Kahaleole Hall
MW 2:30-4:20 King 241
Office: King 141-I
Phone: 5-6478
Office Hours: M/W 1:30-2:30 and by appt.
Email: lisa.hall@oberlin.edu
REQUIRED TEXTS
Loving in the War Years ( 2000 2nd ed.) Cherrie Moraga
Loose Woman Sandra Cisneros
Conquest Andrea Smith
Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America Will Roscoe
All textbooks can be purchased at the college bookstore. Articles will be available on Blackboard.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Class attendance and participation (20 percent): Class attendance and participation are mandatory. After
two unexcused absences, your course grade will be lowered one half grade per unexcused absence. To
obtain an excused absence, you must contact me prior to class, provide a legitimate reason for your
absence, and make arrangements to turn in the daily class preparation assignment
Reading Responses (50 percent) Weekly short (3-4 pp.) informal papers responding to questions about
the readings.
Discussion Facilitation (10 percent) Shared responsibility with assigned class mate(s) to come up with
summary of day’s issues and questions for class discussion.
Class Presentation (20 percent) Small group presentation on topic of your choice at end of class.
Format: Written assignments should be typed/word-processed, double-spaced, use a standard font type
and size (generally 12 point, Times New Roman or the equivalent), and include your name, the date, and
page numbers. Papers must be stapled. Proofread carefully for style and grammar before you submit
written work.
CLASS POLICIES
LATE WORK: All assignments must be completed on time. Papers not turned in at the beginning of class
on the specified date will be considered late and will be penalized 1/3 grade for each day it is overdue.
Late papers will not receive written comments.
HONOR CODE: The policies described in the Oberlin College Honor Code apply to this class. Written
work must include proper citations and must be the product of your own work. You are also required to
include the following statement on all written assignments: "I affirm that I have adhered to the Honor Code
in this assignment." If you have any questions about how to properly cite sources or about the Honor
Code, please feel free to approach me. For more information on the Honor Code, see
http://www.oberlin.edu/students/student_pages/honor_code.html
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: If you need disability-related accommodations in your work for this
course, please let me know. Support is available through Student Academic Services—please contact
Jane Boomer, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities (Room G27 Peters Hall, ext. 58467)
for assistance in developing a plan to address your academic needs.
ACADEMIC INCOMPLETES at the end of the semester will not be given except case of an emergency.
SCHEDULE OF TOPICS
Week One
Mon. Feb. 6 Introduction to Class
Wed. Feb 8
Sources and Arguments: whose Histories?
Katz, "Native Americans/Gay Americans"
Roscoe, "The Zuni Man-Woman"
Gutierrez, "Must We Deracinate Indians to Find Gay Roots"
"Same-Sex Sexuality in Pacific Literature" Lisa Kahaleole Hall and J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Response due
Week Two
Mon. Feb. 13
Selections from Intimate Matters—John D’Emilio and Estelle Freedman
“A Red Girl’s Reasoning”—E Pauline Johnson
“The Anglo-Algonquian Gender Frontier”—Kathleen M. Brown
Wed. Feb. 15
“When Women Throw Down Bundles: Strong Women Make Strong Nations” - Paula Gunn Allen
“Where I Come From Is Like This” - Paula Gunn Allen
“Gender and The Conquest and Colonization of California” Miroslava Chávez-García
“Patriarchs Power and Sexuality” Miroslava Chávez-García
Week Three
Mon. Feb. 20
A Recognition of Being Ch. 4 The Dismantling of Gender Equity
A Recognition of Being Ch.5 Marriage Divorce and Family Life
A Recognition of Being Ch. 6 The Construction of A Negative Identity
Gender and Sexuality
Wed. Feb. 22
Selections from Changing Ones
Week Four
Mon. Feb. 27
“Lesbians, Men-Women and Two-Spirits: Homosexuality and gender in Native American Cultures” Sabine Lang
“Hwame, Koshkalaka, and the Rest: Lesbians in American Indian Cultures” - Paula Gunn Allen
Wed. Mar 1
Selections from Changing Ones
Forms of Sexualized/Gendered Violence
Week Five
Mon. Mar. 6
Sexual Violence As a Tool of Genocide”—(Conquest)
"Rape and the War Against Native Women"-- Andrea Smith
“A Long Story”- Beth Brant
Wed Mar. 8
“Spiritual Appropriation As Sexual Violence”—(Conquest)
“New England Missionary Wives, Hawaiian Women and ‘The Cult of True Womanhood’“ Patricia
Grimshaw
“Resisting the Assimilationist Narrative of Stiya” Janice Gould
Week Six
Mon. Mar 13
“Lovely Hula Hands: Corporate Tourism and the Prostitution of Hawaiian Culture” Haunani-Kay Trask
VIDEO: Ke Kulana He Mahu
Cultural Nationalism
Wed Mar. 15
“Third World Gay Revolution” Berkeley Tribe, Nov 13-20, 1970.
Newton’s Law—Alycee Lane, BLK, March 1991
“A Letter from Huey to the Revolutionary Brothers and Sisters about the Women’s Liberation and Gay
Liberation Movements”-Huey Newton The Black Panther, Aug. 15, 1970
Selections from Companeras: A Latina Lesbian anthology
Gay and Puertorriqueno: An interview with Carlos Ortiz
“It’s In My Blood, My Face, My Mother’s Voice, The Way I Sweat”— Max Wolf (Anita) Valerio
“Gee, You Don’t Seem Like an Indian From the Reservation”—Barbara Cameron
Week Seven
Mon. Mar. 20
“Aikane Nation: Sovereignty and Sexuality in Hawai’i “ Angelo Ragaz, Village Voice, July 2, 1996
“November 5, 1994 Letter From Na Mamo o Hawai’I”
“AFSC Hawai'i Gay Liberation Program Activist Materials Addressing Tourism”-http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_lesbian_and_gay_studies/v008/8.1archive.html (read online)
“Ka Le'a O Ke Ola:A Forum on Kanaka Maoli Culture, Sexuality, and Spirituality”
http://www.afsc.org/lgbt/lilpad.htm (read online)
“A Xicanadyke Codex of Changing Consciousness"-- Cherrie Moraga
Revising the Myths
Wed. Mar. 22
“Chicana Feminist Literature A Re-vision through Malintzin”—Norma Alarcon
“A Long Line of Vendidas” (LITWY)
“The Homeland Aztlan” - Gloria Anzaldua
“La Conciencia de la mestiza”
Selections from Loose Woman—Sandra Cisneros
Week Eight SPRING BREAK March 27-31
Cultural Resistance
Week Nine
Mon. Apr. 3
“Talking Back to Law and Empire: Hula in Hawaiian-Language Literature in 1861”
Noenoe K. Silva
Other readings TBA
VIDEO: The Natives Are Restless
Wed. Apr. 5
“Howling at the Moon”- Craig Womack
To(o) Queer the Writer; Loca, escritora and chicana”—Gloria Anzaldua
Selections from Loose Woman—Sandra Cisneros
“How to Write The Great American Indian Novel”, “The Unauthorized Biography of Me” Sherman Alexie
Week Ten
Mon. Apr. 10
VIDEO: The Business of Fancy-dancing
"Hold Me Closer, Fancy Dancer" A Conversation with Sherman Alexie"
Other readings TBA
Pleasure
Wed. Apr. 12
“Grand Entry”, “Drums as Love, Fear and Prayer”, “Harmful Jazz”, “Owl Dancing With Fred Astaire” from
The Summer of Black Widows- Sherman Alexie
“Pow-wow Love Songs’ from One Stick Song- Sherman Alexie
“Dildos, Hummingbirds and Driving Her Crazy: Searching for American Indian Women’s Love Poetry and
Erotics”- Deborah Miranda
Week Eleven
Mon. Apr. 17 TBA
Wed. Apr. 19 TBA
Week Twelve
Mon. Apr. 24 TBA
Wed. Apr. 26 TBA
Week Thirteen
Mon. May 1 TBA
Wed. May 3 TBA
Week Fourteen
Mon. May 8 TBA
Wed. May 10 LAST DAY OF CLASS