| Course Title: Women and Gender in the Study of Culture: 'Queer and Trans Writing' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: What do we mean when we say "queer writing" or "trans writing"? Are we talking about writing by queer and/or trans authors? Writing about queer or trans practices, identities, experience? Writing that subverts conventional forms? All of the above? In this course, we will engage these questions not theoretically but through praxis. We will read fiction, poetry, comics, creative nonfiction, and hybrid forms. Expect to encounter work that challenges you in terms of form and content. Some writers we may read include Ryka Aoki, James Baldwin, Tom Cho, Samuel R. Delany, kari edwards, Elisha Lim, Audre Lorde, Cherríe Moraga, Eileen Myles, and David Wojnarowicz. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Andrea Lawlor | alawlor@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Seminar | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 107 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-201. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-219QT-01 Queer and Trans Writing |
| GNDST-204QT-01 Queer and Trans Writing |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics Author: eds. Abi-Karam, Andrea Abi-Karam & Kay Gabriel Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781643620336 Publisher: Nightboat Books |
Required | 22.95 |
| Title: Neotenica Author: Lee, Joon Oluchi Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781643620206 Publisher: Nightboat |
Required | 14.95 |
| Title: Spellbound Author: Som, Bishakh Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781951491031 Publisher: Street Noise |
Required | 18.99 |
| Title: Skye Falling Author: McKenzie, Mia Copyright: 2021 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781984801609 Publisher: One World: Random House |
Required | 27.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Stay tuned... more books to come once I get information about visitors & the needs of this particular class. Where to get books in a pandemic? Resource here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xeElF_tr7tBZy4w2qeTV9mvv5R-VV9bmuS WahohY7bA/edit?usp=sharing I encourage you to purchase these (and all) required course texts from your nearest locally-owned independent bookstore) when possible. Bookshop.org is a good online option if your local independent doesn't do deliver or do curbside pickup. Writers need to be aware of the economic ramifications of ordering books from Amazon. But of course we writers also have our own economic contingencies. The library should have copies of all course texts on reserve. Additionally, some e-books may be available from the Boston Public Library system, or your home public library system. If you need additional help, contact me privately about alternate arrangements--I may have a spare copy. |