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

This course examines visual and literary documentations of queer life by reading memoirs and screening short and feature length documentary films. We consider the power and value of this archive while we examine the politics of visibility as it is impacted by race, class, and gender. We attend to the expansiveness of what we mean by “queer” and “the archive” as we engage with theories of knowledge production, performativity, gender, and sexuality. Over the course of the semester students will propose, plan, write, and revise a substantial research paper based on their research interests and the material covered in class. Prerequisites: SWG 150 and one additional SWG course. Enrollment limit of 12.

Instructor Permission. Limited to juniors, seniors.