Sexuality Wmn's & Gndr Studies 163 - LGBTQ Hist Pop Culture

Spring
2020
01
4.00
Jen Manion
TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM
Amherst College
SWAG-163-01-1920S
FAYE 117
jmanion@amherst.edu
HIST-163-01,SWAG-163-01

(Offered as HIST 163 and SWAG 163) While LGBTQ people might seem to be everywhere in popular culture today, this course takes such representations as a starting point to examine the past. Do popular representations distort the queer past and if so, to what end? By studying LGBTQ history through primary source materials, students will develop a rich and nuanced historical view of such major issues as the homophile movement, the Stonewall riot and other acts of resistance, the rise of the gay press, lesbian feminism, Harvey Milk, the March on Washington, anti-gay violence and hate crimes, the youth/student movement, HIV/AIDS, ACT-UP, Lawrence v. Texas, same-sex marriage, and the transgender revolution. By juxtaposing historic research with screenings of contemporary television and film, students will reflect on the power and limits of such representations and further consider why real stories of LGBTQ communities and people remain so elusive.

Spring semester. Professor Manion.

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