GNST.SP23

This course is designed as a capstone course for Gender and Sexuality Studies minors and concentrators, with a focus on developing and workshopping independent research papers. In the first unit of the course, we will read and analyze key works in feminist, queer, and transgender theory. In the second unit, we will apply those theories to a range of key topics in gender and sexuality studies, working across disciplines. In particular we will consider how understandings of gender and sexuality have overlapped with constructions of race and class in the U.S. and the world; how state authorities and social sciences have enforced gender norms and regulated sexual and social behavior; and how activists and communities have worked to reshape understandings, practices, and norms of gender and sexuality.