Women,Gender,Sexuality Studies 240 - Intro/Transgender Studies

This survey of transgender studies will introduce students to the major concepts and current debates within the field. Drawing on a range of theoretical texts, historical case studies, and creative work, we will track the emergence of ?transgender? as both an object of study and a way of knowing. In particular, we will ask: what does it mean to ?study? ?transgender?? This guiding question will lead us to consider the varied meanings of ?trans? and how these meanings have been shaped by regimes of gender, racism, colonization, ableism, and medical and legal regulation; the tensions and intimacies between trans, disability, anti-racist, queer, and feminist theory/politics; and how `trans? might help us to imagine other, more just worlds.