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Academic Year 2001/2002

Queer American History
CHUM 304 SP
Crosslistings:
AMST 305

This upper-level undergraduate seminar examines transformations in the cultural meanings, politics, and social organization of same-sex sexuality in United States history with an emphasis on the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Major themes include the production of hetero- and homo-sexuality in medical, political, juridical, and cultural discourses; the formation and sustenance of sexual communities; and the politics of sexual oppression and resistance. We will examine and discuss major wor ks in this rapidly expanding field.

MAJOR READINGS

In addition to the following, students will be required to read selected journal articles which will be made available in a course packet.

Allan Berube, COMING OUT UNDER FIRE: THE HISTORY OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN IN WORLD WAR II (1990).
Kate Bornstein, GENDER OUTLAW: ON MEN, WOMEN, AND THE REST OF US (1994).
George Chauncey, GAY NEW YORK: GENDER, URBAN CULTURE, AND THE MAKING OF THE GAY MALE WORLD, 1890-1940 (1994).
John D'Emilio, SEXUAL POLITICS, SEXUAL COMMUNITIES: THE MAKING OF A HOMOSEXUAL MINORITY IN THE UNITED STATES (1983).
Lisa Duggan, SAPPHIC SLASHERS: SEX, VIOLENCE, AND AMERICAN MODERNITY (2001).
Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox, AIDS: THE MAKING OF A CHRONIC DISEASE (1992).
John Howard, MEN LIKE THAT: A SOUTHERN QU EER HISTORY (2000).
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline Davis, BOOTS OF LEATHER, SLIPPERS OF GOLD: THE HISTORY OF A LESBIAN COMMUNITY (1993).
D. Michael Quinn, SAME-SEX DYNAMICS AMONG NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICANS: A MORMON EXAMPLE (1996).
Jua nita Ramos, ed. COMPANEROS: LATINA LESBIANS (1994).
Will Roscoe, ed. CHANGING ONES: THIRD AND FOURTH GENDERS IN NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (2000).
Leila J. Rupp, A DESIRED PAST: A SHORT HISTORY OF SAME-SEX LOVE IN AMERICA (2000).
Jennifer Terry, AN AME RICAN OBSESSION: SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY (1999).

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Students are required to complete the following two assignments:

1) A MAJOR (APPROXIMATELY 20PP) RESEARCH PAPER OR CRITICAL REVIEW ESSAY ON A TOPIC TO BE DETERMINED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PROFESSOR. Students who select the research paper will be expected to draw on both primary and secondary source materials. Students choosing the critical review essay will examine relevant scholarship (including books and journal articles) on a particular theme. At the end of the semester, students will present their findings to the class in an informal conference. Regular consultations with the Professor to discuss the progress of this project are encouraged.

2) AN ORAL PRESENTATION AND SHORT (3-4PP.) PAPER ON ONE WEEK'S ASSIGNED READINGS. Each student will introduce one week's assigned reading to the class in an oral presentation covering salient themes and summarizing the major historical and/or theoretical contributions of the work. Students may be required to consider additional sources fo r this presentation in order to provide relevant historical context for the week's discussion. Students must consult with instructor in advance of their scheduled presentation and must submit a written version of their presentation.

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 CHUM    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Murphy,Kevin P.   
Times: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: PAC422
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 18)
SR. major: 3   Jr. major: 6
SR. non-major: 2   Jr. non-major: 3   SO: 4   FR: X

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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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