ENGL298

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ENGL298

Queer Theory ENGL298 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on October 01, 1996)

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       13       0           13

A close study of a fast developing field of theory concerned with the making of sexual practice and ideology and identity in human societies and cultures.

MAJOR READINGS

Michel Foucault, HISTORY OF SEX: AN
INTRODUCTION, Volume I
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE CLOSET
Judith Butler, BODIES THAT MATTER
Cindy Patton and Benigno Sanchez-Eppler, ed., QUEER
DIASPORAS
Diane DiMassa, HOTHEAD PAISAN
Michael Warner, ed., FEAR OF A QUEER PLANET
Samuel Delany, THE MOTION OF LIGHT IN WATER
Henry Abelove et al., ed., THE LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES
READER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short papers, one long paper, no exams.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

1. Punctual and regular attendance at class meetings. 2. Participation in class discussions. This course counts toward the department's theory requirement. There is no wait-list. Preference to students who have taken ENGL304 or have done other comparable course-work on sex/gender. Admission by interview.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Abelove, H; Times: .T..... 1:10PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 0; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on OCT-01-1996

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