| Course Title: Women and Gender in the Study of Culture: 'Feminist, Queer, Trans Disability Studies' |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: This course introduces Disability Studies concepts and discussion from a feminist, queer, and trans perspectives, specifically centering on Black, Indigenous, People of Color disabled people. Through this, we'll see the differences in disabled communities, the tensions within the field, and learn to center the most marginalized. Here, the focus is on scholarship, activism, and arts that center disabled people, their histories, struggles, and dreams. We'll also discuss the differences between the Disability Rights and Disability Justice movements and how they represent the demands and needs of disabled communities. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Niamh Timmons | ntimmons@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Seminar | Monday and Wednesday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | ART - Art | 220 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: GNDST-101. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
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| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 20 | Enrollment: 21 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation Author: Clare, Eli Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780822360315 Publisher: Duke University Press |
Required | 22.95 |
| Title: Indian Blood: HIV & Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community Author: Jolivette, Andrew Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780295998503 Publisher: University of Washington Press |
Required | 30.00 |
| Title: Minor Detail in Author: Shibli, Adiana Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0811229076 Publisher: New Directions |
Required | 15.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Minor Detail includes a scene of sexual violence and murder. There are alternative readings available if this is too much for you. |