GWS 407
Advanced Seminar in Queer and Trans Studies. 3 or 4 hours. Heading link
Course Description
Advanced interdisciplinary seminar at the nexus of queer and trans studies, with a focus on the intellectual and social struggles for liberation at the intersection of race, sexuality, nation, class, indigeneity, and gender self-determination. Course Information: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 and GWS 102; or GWS 203; or graduate standing. Recommended background: GWS 403.
Sample Texts
Alison Bechdel, Fun Home
Ashon T. Crawley, The Lonely Letters
Samuel Delany, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
Roderick Ferguson, One-Dimensional Queer
Francisco Galarte, Brown Trans Figurations: Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies
Emily Hobson, Lavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left
Ronak K. Kapadia, Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War
C. Riley Snorton, Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity