No Day But Today: United States Queer History
HIST 323
Spring 2023
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
Queer history, as a subfield, has flourished in the more than five decades since the Stonewall Riots. What began as an attempt by activists involved in the liberation era to reclaim the lost and erased historical memory for queer people has developed into a vibrant field of interdisciplinary scholarly interrogation. This seminar will introduce students to the historiographic contours of queer history and help them develop independent research projects. We will take advantage of the extensive queer periodicals collection assembled by Wesleyan University's Department of Special Collections and University Archives. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons, Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians (New York: Basic Books, 2006).
Jen Manion, Female Husbands: A Trans History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Dale Carpenter, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 2012).
Josephine Donovan, The Lexington Six: Lesbian and Gay Resistance in 1970s America (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020).
David Johnson, Buying Gay: How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a Movement (New York: Columbia University Press, 2021).
Imani Perry, Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (Boston: Beacon Press, 2018).
Martin Duberman, Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS (New York: The New Press, 2016).
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three one-page reaction papers and one final research paper (10-15 pages) on a topic of the student¿s choosing. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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No pre-requisites, though students are strongly encouraged to have previously taken HIST 233: LGBT History in the United States since 1940. |
| Instructor(s): Vrevich,Kevin Times: .....F. 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: ALLB304; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 1 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 0 |
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