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Academic Year 2002/2003
Queer Theory
ENGL 298 SP
A study of the fast-developing field of theory concerned with the production and representation of sexual practice and ideology.
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:
Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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