Feminist and Queer Theories of Social Reproduction
SOC 244
Fall 2017
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 244 |
| Course Cluster: Queer Studies |
This course will introduce students to the study of social reproduction and power with an emphasis on feminist, queer, and transnational approaches to inquiry and action. We will begin by exploring key methodologies and theoretical framings for understanding contemporary "American" cultural, social, and political formations both within and beyond the territorial U.S., focusing on the effectiveness of discursive and historical modes of critical analysis. The subsequent sections of the course will turn to three case studies of the historical routes and transnational implications of U.S.-based political discourses around (1) population control and reproductive justice, (2) abolition and the prison-industrial complex, and (3) debt and higher education. By engaging with each area of inquiry through theoretical, historical, and grounded activist texts, we will think through the possibilities for utilizing academic work in concert with movement-based engaged scholarship to address the uneven distribution of life chances and the potential of imagining the world otherwise. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(EDST-MN)(EDST)(FGSS)(HRAD-MN)(SOC)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Angela Davis, ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE
Michel Foucault, THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY
Dean Spade, NORMAL LIFE
Roderick Ferguson, THE REORDER OF THINGS
Jodi Byrd, THE TRANSIT OF EMPIRE
Craig Willse, THE VALUE OF HOMELESSNESS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments will consist of three 3-4 page papers throughout the semester and a final seminar paper |
| Instructor(s): Boggs,Abigail Huston Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: BOGH110; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 5 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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