WGST104

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Sexuality and Literature

Interdepartmental College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

WGST

Course Number

104

Status

Inactive

Course Attributes

CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, MWOM: Major-Women's and Gender Stud

Course Short Title

Sexuality and Literature

Course Long Title

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Course Description

Examines how sexuality is articulated and mediated through literature and modes of cultural production such as film and two-dimensional art. Pays attention to specific iterations of sexuality and the labels that attend them (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual). May address theories of sexuality and study authors such as Jeanette Winterson, Mark Doty, Edmund White, Hart Crane, Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, and Michael Cunningham. May also consider how sexuality intersects with ethnicity, science and politics.

Min

2

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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