Politics of the Body
AMST 293
Spring 2015
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 294 |
| Course Cluster: Disability Studies, Queer Studies |
This course explores the operations of power on and in the body, drawing on the interdisciplinary fields of queer, disability, and transgender studies. We will examine the ways bodies are marked as deviant, abnormal, and/or pathological, considering where processes of sexed, raced, gendered, and able-bodied normalization intersect and where they diverge. Case studies will range from turn-of-the-century sexology to the modern freak show, the politics of passing, the science of homosexuality, the pleasures of trans and queer embodiment, the contemporary biopolitics of AIDS, eugenics and US citizenship. Readings include theoretical, historical, and ethnographic approaches to power, difference, and the body. We will also read several memoirs to help us ground the body politics of life lived in the intersections of queer, trans, and disability. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Eli Clare, EXILE AND PRIDE: DISABILITY, QUEERNESS, AND LIBERATION
Terry Galloway, MEAN LITTLE DEAF QUEER: A MEMOIR
Dean Spade, NORMAL LIFE: ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLENCE, CRITICAL TRANS POLITICS AND THE LIMITS OF LAW
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, THE END OF SAN FRANCISCO
Robert McRuer and Anna Mollow, SEX AND DISABILITY
Samuel Delany, TIMES SQUARE RED, TIMES SQUARE BLUE
David Valentine, IMAGINING TRANSGENDER: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF A CATEGORY
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Examinations and Assignments:
class facilitation, workshop project, short response papers, and final paper/project |
| Instructor(s): Weiss,Margot Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 8 | FR: X |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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