HIST349 - Problems and Methods in Queer Historiography

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Academic Year 2003/2004

Problems and Methods in Queer Historiography
HIST 349 SP

Crosslistings:
AMST 197
WMST 349

This course is intended to prepare students for advanced research in the field of queer history and the history of gender, and to support a historical perspective for those doing queer research in American Studies. It will explore the origins of queer history in the fields of lesbian and gay studies, gender and sexuality studies; and its transformation by post-structural, cultural and critical race theory. We will also study contemporary histories which employ a queer perspective to critique power as it is articulated in political institutions, nation-building, and structures of knowledge. The course will encourage students to take a transnational and/or comparative perspectives that will teach comparative method more generally, as well as usefully situating the production of identities in particular historical, cultural and political contexts.

MAJOR READINGS

Lisa Duggan, SAPPHIC SLASHERS
Michel Foucault, THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY: AN INTRODUCTION
Elizabeth Kennedy and Madeline David, BOOTS OF LEATHER, SLIPPERS OF GOLD
Licia Fiol-Matta, A QUEER MOTHER FOR THE NATION
Angus McClaren, SEXUAL BLACKMAIL
Joanne Meyerowitz, HOW SEX CHANGED: A HISTORY OF TRANSSEXUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

3 5-7 pp. papers or 1 15-20 pp. paper

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Course may be counted for the Gender and History Concentration and as a junior colloquium in American Studies.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Potter,Claire

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

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 6

SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 5 FR: 0

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004