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Crosslistings: WMST 285 |
As we pass over the margin between the 20th and 21st centuries, ancient questions remain, none more ancient than those concerning how human beings come to "have," to recognize and experience, and identity. Yet in an increasingly global and multicultural society, such questions must be asked under radically transformed conditions and with an unprecedented sense of urgency. No longer can we only ask the traditional foundational questions of who we are, how we are, why we are. Today, we must also ask where. Recognizing the importance of that perception, this seminar examines the work of modern authors who have dedicated their writing to probing identity at its boundaries--crossing and recrossing, dissolving and transforming traditional contours of personhood, sexuality and gender, race and ethnicity, language, consciousness and sanity. The narratives of these authors explore the proposal that in modern societies, the margin no longer signifies simple division. The margin no longer separates self from other, identity from difference, because idenitity now is difference.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA COL Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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