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Academic Year 2002/2003

Queering the American State: Politics and Sex After 1968
HIST 213 SP

Crosslistings: AMST 213 WMST 215

This class will examine the history of state formation, the emergence of new sexual and anti-sex discourses in the public sphere, and the mobilization of queer political communities in the post-1968 United States. In addition to examining the nature of state regulation aimed more generally at defining realms of citizenship and controlling unruly bodies, we will emphasize the emergence of particularly urgent spheres for queer political organizing after Stonewall; among there are the production of knowledge, litigation, electoral participation and rights-based organizing. We will also examine intersections between queer politics and other civil rights movements; and to realms of cultural activity which produce, reproduce, or transform political discourses about sex and sexuality

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: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: AMST245 OR ENGL298

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Potter,Claire B.   

Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: PAC004

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 45)

SR. major: 15   Jr. major: 15

SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 5   FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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