Queer Stigma
AMST 206
Spring 2007 not offered
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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. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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
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Examinations and Assignments:
5 2 pp. papers; 1 10 pp. paper. |
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