| Course Title: Love, Sex, and Death in the Anthropocene, or Living Through the Age of Climate Change and Other Disasters |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: The "Anthropocene" has been defined as the era when humans exert change on the earth's climate, but this term has become a dynamo for theories, political discussions, and art about man's anthropocentric relation to the nonhuman world. This course will read theories of the Anthropocene alongside artistic contemplations of the shifting, ethical relations among humans, animals, and other beings of the world. How are we to live, die, and reproduce ourselves in a time when we have egregiously affected the earth? How does the critique of anthropocentrism shift our understanding of sex, gender, race, and the nonhuman? Finally, how does art speak within political conversations of climate change? |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Kate Singer | ksinger@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English, Critical Race and Political Economy, or Critical Social Thought. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought major | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-366-01 Love/Sex/Death in Anthropocene |
| CST-349AN-01 Love/Sex/Death in Anthropocene |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Animal's People Author: Sinha, Indra Copyright: 2007 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781416578796. Publisher: Simon & Schuster |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: Tentacle Author: Indiana, Rita Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 781911508342 Publisher: And Other Stories |
Required | 13.95 |
| Title: Parable of the Sower Author: Butler, Octavia E. Copyright: 1993 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780446675505 Publisher: |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: A Billion Black Anthropocenes Author: Yusoff, Kathryn Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781517907532 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press |
Required | 7.95 |
| Title: One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses Author: Corin, Lucy Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781940450025 Publisher: McSweeney's |
Recommended | 15.00 |
| Title: M Archive: After the End of the World Author: Gumbs, Alexis Pauline Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780822370840. Publisher: Duke University Press |
Recommended | 24.95 |
| Title: Climate Changed Author: Squarzoni, Phillip Copyright: 2014 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781419712555 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams |
Required | 24.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |