Spring 2019  |  AMST 1401 Section 001: Comparative Genders and Sexualities (67096)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 219
Enrollment Status:
Open (29 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Gender/sexual practices/identities within international framework. How such practices/identities reflect/refract national ideals and express national/international division.
Class Description:
Sissies, Sex Workers, and Seamen: How and why do people understand their genders and sexualities differently in diverse cultural contexts and locations? How has capitalism, colonialism, immigration, migration, and globalization impacted genders and sexualities in North America, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, and Africa? The course stresses studying genders and sexualities within a cross-cultural and comparative (e.g. international/regional) framework, and also emphasizes an intersectional approach: that is, in order to analyze gender and sexuality, we must also think about how race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and geography "inform" how gender and sexuality are embodied, experienced, performed, and/or regulated, and we must also consider histories of capitalism, colonialism, migration, and globalization. Participants will read an eclectic mix of theory, history, literature, and ethnography, and watch diverse international and U.S.-based films in order to better understand and analyze genders and sexualities in different geographic, cultural, and political contexts. The course aims to promote cross-cultural learning about the gender and sexual diversity that is part of the histories and cultures of people who immigrate or reside in the United States
Grading:
40% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
40% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: final paper
Exam Format:
No Exam
Class Format:
35% Lecture
30% Discussion
35% Other Style Films
Workload:
100 Pages Reading Per Week
20-30 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 4 short papers (3 pages each), plus final paper 8-10 pages
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67096/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 September 2007

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