| Course Title: Women and Gender in the Study of Culture: 'Global Queer Narratives' |
| Start Date: 09/07/2022 End Date: 12/20/2022 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2022 |
| Description: This course explores contemporary transnational representations of LGBTQ+ identities in literature, film, and digital media and cultures. We will examine the role of storytelling in not only reflecting queer lived experiences, but also the possibilities of narrative as a corrective, restorative project for imagining alternative worlds and futures. In considering global contexts, this course does not assume singular definitions of LGBTQ+ identities, but rather uses the transnational to decenter Eurocentric definitions of gender and sexuality as well as intersecting categories of race and ability. Authors may include Audre Lorde, Samra Habib, Frieda Ekotto, and Pajtim Statovci. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Sandra Russell | russell@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/07/2022 - 12/20/2022 | Seminar | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 107 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Zami: a New Spelling of My Name Author: Lorde, Audre Copyright: 1982 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780895941220 Publisher: Crossing Press |
Required | 12.99 |
| Title: We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir Author: Habib, Samra Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780735235007 Publisher: Viking Press |
Required | 11.99 |
| Title: Swimming in the Dark Author: Jedrowski, Tomasz Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780062890016 Publisher: William Morrow Press |
Required | 13.18 |
| Title: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness Author: Nagata, Kabi Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781626926035 Publisher: Seven Seas |
Required | 13.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |