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Academic Year 2001/2002

Nationalism and the Politics of Gender and Sexuality
AMST 320 FA

This course focuses on the politics of gender and sexuality within a variety of nationalist contexts, including cultural nationalisms in the United States, and histories of resistance. Beginning with a historical exploration, we will examine how colonial processes, along with other forms of domination that include racializing technologies, have transformed gender and sexuality through the imposition of definitions of "proper" sexual behavior, pre-occupations with "sexual deviance," sexual express ion as a territory to be conquered, legacies of control, legal codification, and commodification. We will then assess how diverse modes of self-determination struggles negotiate "differences from within" with regard to gender and sexual politics. This p art of the course will examine feminist interventions in nationalist productions that sustain masculinist and homophobic agendas.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS AMST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Kauanui,J. Kehaulani   

Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: CAMS 3

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 16)

SR. major: 16   Jr. major:

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO: X   FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Writing

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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