Study of Women and Gender 314 - SEM: DOCUMENTING QUEER LIVES

Spring
2018
01
4.00
Jennifer DeClue
T 01:00-04:00
Smith College
30583-S18
SEELYE 312
jdeclue@smith.edu
This course examines visual and literary documentations of queer life by reading memoirs and screening short and feature length documentaries films. We consider the power and value of documenting queer lives while examining the politics of visibility as impacted by race, class and gender. We will attend to the expansiveness of the term “queer” and consider the performativity of gender and the fluidity of sexuality in our analysis of each text. Students will produce a short film, write a short biography or propose another mode of documenting experiences of queer life as members of, or in solidarity with, the LGBT community. Prerequisites: SWG 150 and one additional SWG course. Enrollment limit of 12.
Instructor Permission. Limited to juniors, seniors.
Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.