| Course Title: Love, Sex, and Death in the Anthropocene, or Living Through the Age of Climate Change and Other Disasters |
| Start Date: 10/21/2020 End Date: 12/14/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| 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 |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Monday | 12:45PM - 02:00PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Tuesday and Thursday | 12:45PM - 01:45PM | Weekly | ||
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Wednesday and Friday | 12:45PM - 02:30PM | 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. |
| ENVST-HUM | ENVST-HUM: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Humanities | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Humanities area. |
| MOD0002 | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2 | This course meets in Module 2. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-366-01 Love/Sex/Death in Anthropocene |
| CST-349AN-01 Love/Sex/Death in Anthropocene |
| GNDST-333AN-01 Love/Sex/Death in Anthropocene |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| 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: The Fifth Season Author: Jemisin, N. K. Copyright: 2015 Edition: Rpt Volume: ISBN: 9780316229296 Publisher: Orbit |
Required | 15.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |