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Academic Year 2005/2006

Queer Stigma
AMST 206 SP

This course will look at the interaction of homophobia, normativity, identity management and queerness in America. We will examine theories of identity from sociology, history and literary theory. Novels, memoir, and film will be considered theoretical texts as well as narrative experiments.

MAJOR READINGS

Goffman, STIGMA; Foucault, HISTORY OF SEXUALITY, VOL. 1; Sedgwick, EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE CLOSET; Lee Edelman, HOMOGRAPHESIS; Barnes, NIGHTWOOD; Baldwin, GIOVANNI'S ROOM; Burroughs, QUEER/JUNKY; Feinberg, STONE BUTCH BLUES; Wojnarowicz, CLOSE TO THE KNIVES; Cooper, FRISK. Films: HIGH ART, MALA NOCHE, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, JOHNS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

5 2 pp. papers; 1 10 pp. paper.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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