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Academic Year 2005/2006


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

Lauren Berlant, THE QUEEN OF AMERICA GOES TO
WASHINGTON CITY: ESSAYS ON SEX AND CITIZENSHIP
Cathy J. Cohen, THE BOUNDARIES OF BLACKNESS
Lisa Duggan and Nan D. Hunter, SEX WARS
Joshua Gamson, FREAKS TALK BACK
Jose Munoz, (DIS)IDENTIFICATIONS
Esther Newton, CHERRY GROVE, FIRE ISLAND: SIXTY YEARS IN AMERICA'S FIRST GAY AND LESBIAN TOWN
Cindy Patton, FATAL ADVICE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

2 5-7 pp. papers, midterm and final.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: [AMST272 or ENGL304] OR [AMST310 or ENGL298] Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006


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