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Academic Year 2000/2001
Queer Theory
ENGL 298 SP
This is a close study of a fast-developing field of theory concerned with the making of sexual practice and ideology and identity in human societies and cultures.
MAJOR READINGS
Michel Foucault, HISTORY OF SEX: AN INTRODUCTION, Volume I Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE CLOSET Judith Butler, BODIES THAT MATTER Cindy Patton and Benigno Sanchez-Eppler, ed., QUEER DIASPORAS Diane
DiMassa, HOTHEAD PAISAN Michael
Warner, ed., FEAR OF A QUEER PLANET Samuel Delany, THE MOTION OF LIGHT IN WATER Henry Abelove et al., ed., THE LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES READER
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three short papers, one long paper, no exams.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
1. Punctual and regular attendance at class meetings. 2. Participation in class discussions. This course counts toward the department's theory requirement. There is no wait-list. Preference to students who have
taken ENGL304 or have done other
comparable course-work on sex/gender. Admission by interview.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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