HIST349 - Problems and Methods in Queer Historiography

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Academic Year 2004/2005

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, the history of gender, and the history of sex; and
to support a historical perspective for those doing queer research in
American Studies annd other interdisciplinary programs. The course
emphasizes transnational and comparative approaches, especially within the
Western hemisphere and an extended American empire, situating the
production of identities in the history of race, politics and ideas.

MAJOR READINGS

Lisa Duggan, SAPPHIC SLASHERS
Michel Foucault, THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY: AN INTRODUCTION
Licia Fiol-Matta, A QUEER MOTHER FOR THE NATION
Audre Lorde, ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME
Joanne Meyerowitz, HOW SEX CHANGED: A HISTORY OF TRANSSEXUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Siobhan Somerville, QUEERING THE COLOR LINE

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 and comparative Americas credit in American Studies.

Space permitting, sophomores who have sufficient background will be admitted during drop-add upon interview with the instructor. Sophomores interested in the course should put in an enrollment request during pre-registration so that interviews may be held in a timely manner, preferably before the end of fall term.

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 B.

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

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 2 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: X FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005