Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0208 - The Trans Renaissance: Contemporary Transgender Fiction and Film

This course examines the wave of trans fiction and film created following the so-called "transgender tipping point" of 2014, from authors such as Akwaeke Emezi, Camila Sosa Villada, Imogen Binnie, Torrey Peters, and others. We'll interrogate questions central to the Time & Narrative Learning Collaborative, including the aesthetic and political implications of a literature centered on identity, how the notion of a "trans tipping point" reconciles with the rightward vectors of American politics in the last decade, and where we can locate revolutionary/liberatory potential in art and the communities surrounding it. Besides developing a community to practice close-reading and literary analysis, we'll also learn to develop research or creative projects that give a generative direction to our interests. This course will also intersect with the Race & Power requirement by foregrounding the works of non-white trans creators to help reorient our notions of transness, transmisogyny, and literary community and analysis. Keywords:Trans, literature, film, queer, cultural studies

Time and Narrative The content of this course deals with issues of race and power Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time Books: Title:Bad Girls Author:Camila Sosa Villada ISBN:9781635424409 Cost:16.99 Title:Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My R*pist Author:Cecilia Gentili ISBN:9781736716823 Cost:18.95 Title:Freshwater Author:Akwaeke Emezi ISBN:9780802128997 Cost:16.00 Title:Nevada Author:Imogen Binnie ISBN:9781529092066 Cost:16.78 Title:The Pervert Author:Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell ISBN:9781534307414 Cost:16.78