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Academic Year 2004/2005

Nationalism and the Politics of Gender and Sexuality
ANTH 322 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 expression 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 part of the course will examine feminist interventions in nationalist productions that sustain masculinist and homophobic agendas.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: FISK115;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 16   Jr. major: 2

SR. non-major: 1   Jr. non-major: 1   SO: 0   FR: 0

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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