Litanies for Survival, Plots for Revolution
CHUM 326
Fall 2019
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 326, FGSS 327 |
| Course Cluster: Queer Studies |
This seminar centers black-feminist and queer-of-color theory, literature, and art from the 1970s to the present in order to interrogate and reimagine revolution and revolutionary praxes. We will examine the interrelatedness of art and activism, hope and despair, collaboration and erotics. Key questions include: How does "survival" put pressure on "revolution," and vice versa, particularly in light of contemporary and imminent catastrophes, local and planetary? How does a joint consideration of survival and revolution affect interpretations of the past, understandings of the present, and imaginings of the future? What political work might intellectual and creative labor perform? Is revolution an event, a practice, or both? A useful term or a ruse?
This seminar is offered in conjunction with the Center for the Humanities' Fall 2018-Spring 2019 theme, "Revolutions: Material Forms, Mobile Futures." Assigned readings will include the work of scholars participating in the Center's Monday night lecture series, and students will be required to attend several lectures over the course of the semester. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CHUM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Readings-Alexis Pauline Gumbs, SPILL: SCENES OF BLACK FEMINIST FUGITIVITY; Audre Lorde, THE CANCER JOURNALS; José Esteban Muñoz, CRUISING UTOPIA; Saidiya Hartman, WAYWARD LIVES, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTS; Dionne Brand, THEORY; Morgan Parker, THERE ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAN BEYONCE; Brooklyn Museum catalogue, WE WANTED A REVOLUTION; Isaac Julien, LOOKING FOR LANGSTON; Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, AS WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN: INDIGENOUS FREEDOM THROUGH RADICAL RESISTANCE; Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, CARE WORK: DREAMING DISABILITY JUSTICE; Qwo-Li Driskill, WALKING WITH GHOSTS: POEMS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Exams and Assignments-Submission of questions for class discussion based on assigned texts, 2 short papers, a final paper or creative project, brief reflections on three of CHUM¿s Monday night lectures |
| Instructor(s): Vermeulen,Heather Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: CFH106; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 6 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 3 | FR: X |
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