| Course Title: Advanced Seminar: 'Race, Gender and Sexual Aesthetics in the Global Era' |
| Start Date: 08/24/2020 End Date: 10/15/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| Description: Reading across a spectrum of disciplinary focuses (e.g. philosophies of aesthetics, post-structural feminisms, Black cultural studies, and queer of color critique) this course asks the question what is the nature of aesthetics when it negotiates modes of difference? This course explores the history and debates on aesthetics as it relates to race, gender, and sexuality with particular emphasis on Black diaspora theory and cultural production. Drawing on sensation, exhibitions, active discussion, observation, and experimentation, emphasis will be placed on developing a fine-tuned approach to aesthetic inquiry and appreciation. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Sarah Stefana Smith   |           | sarahstefanasmith@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Monday   | 09:45AM - 11:00AM   | TBA   | TBA   | Weekly |
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Tuesday and Thursday   | 09:30AM - 11:15AM   |   |   | Weekly |
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Wednesday and Friday   | 10:15AM - 11:15AM   |   |   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in Gender Studies. | Take previously   | Required   |
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| Course Tags         | ||
| MOD0001   | MOD-1: Courses meeting in Module 1   | This course meets in Module 1.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 16     | Available: 2     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |