Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 
    
2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GSS 340 - Transnational Sexualities Studies


Instructor
Horowitz

This course surveys a number of emerging frameworks for rethinking the concept of queerness from a transnational perspective. Our investigations will move between theory and lived experience, within and across national borders, and will challenge key Western assumptions about sexual development, freedom, identity, and citizenship. We will consider questions such as: To what extent do Western paradigms of sex, gender, and sexuality limit our understanding of non-Western sexual cultures? How does the relationship between sexual practice and sexual identity shift across cultures? How do tourists and migrants negotiate, adapt, and remake sexual discourses and economies as they move in and through new spaces? How has the legacy of colonialism shaped and been shaped by sexual practice? How is sexuality used to articulate national, racial, class, and ethnic identities?

Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement

Students entering before 2012: satisfies social science distribution requirement

Satisfies cultural diversity requirement