Women and Women First: The Theater of Gender and Sexuality
THEA 167
Fall 2015
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 167 |
| Course Cluster: Queer Studies |
Exploring theater and other performance "sites" as resources for critical and creative worldmaking, this writing-intensive FYS will provide an introduction to feminist and queer performance. We will analyze the representation of women on stage, examine different ways in which people "do" gender and sexual identity in daily life, and articulate different strategies artists use to convey feminist or queer messages to their audiences. Over the course of the semester, students will be expected to produce 20 pages of critical writing (three short performance reviews and one 10-page research paper), perform staged readings, and workshop their writing. Whenever possible, we will pair performance studies texts alongside plays, performance art pieces, and other scenes of visual and cultural production. Selected playwrights, theorists, and performers may include Sue-Ellen Case, Cherrie Moraga, Judith Butler, Karen Finley, C. Carr, Nao Bustamante, José Muñoz, Ana Mendieta, Sharon Hayes, RuPaul, Jennie Livingston, Eileen Myles, Larry Kramer, Susan Sontag, Todd Haynes, Carrie Brownstein/Fred Armisen, and Carmelita Tropicana. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Euripedes, MEDEA
Susan Glaspell, TRIFLES
August Strindberg, MISS JULIE
Jill Dolan, THE FEMINIST SPECTATOR AS CRITIC
Sue-Ellen Case, FEMINISM & THEATER
Cherrie Moraga,WATSONVILLE
Judith Butler, BODIES THAT MATTER
Karen Finley, SHOCK TREATMENT
Cynthia Carr, FIRE IN THE BELLY
José Muñoz, DISIDENTIFICATIONS: QUEERS OF COLOR AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POLITICS
Ana Mendieta, Sharon Hayes, SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY
RuPaul, RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE
Jennie Livingston, PARIS IS BURNING
Eileen Myles, COOL FOR YOU
Larry Kramer, A NORMAL HEART
Susan Sontag, NOTES ON CAMP
Todd Haynes, VELVET GOLDMINE
Carrie Brownstein/Fred Armisen, PORTLANDIA
Lillian Hellman, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Carmelita Tropicana
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three 3-page performance reviews, a 10-page paper, an in-class staged reading |
| Instructor(s): Brewer Ball,Katherine Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: TST101; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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