Study of Women and Gender 202 - QUEERING DISABILITY

This course provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of disability studies with a specific focus on the intersection between dis/ability and sexuality. We will focus on key frameworks in disability studies and explore scholarship that seeks to destabilize our ideas regarding difference. Through disability, we will think critically about conventional conceptualizations of disability and normality of communities. Special attention will be paid to the theoretical junctions between disability studies and critical theories of embodiment in feminism and queer studies. Prerequisites: SWG 150 or permission of the instructor. (E)