English 891MX - S- Transgender Marxism

This class is an opportunity for intensive study in one of the most promising areas of development in Trans Studies, a field of thought aptly described by Elle O?Rourke and Jules Gleeson as "Transgender Marxism." The course will explore the intersection of Marxist thought and struggles around gender and sexuality. We will address classic areas in Marxist thought - such as production/reproduction, capital accumulation, extractivism, the commodity-form, and fetishism - as well as more vanguard areas of the field - such as metabolic rift theory and eco-socialism - alongside major LGBTQIA movements, movements for racial justice, sex workers' rights, industrial labor and workplace struggles, health activism, land struggles, mutual aid, and immigrant rights. Authors will include Leslie Feinberg, Treva Ellison, Tithi Bhattacharya, Kay Gabriel, Lou Cornum, C. Riley Snorton, Kadji Amin, Jules Gill Peterson, Sophie Lewis, M.E. O?Brien, and Eman Abdelhadi, among others.