LGBT 180 A-Z - (IS) Special Topics in LGBTQ+ StudiesSemester Hours: 3
Periodically
Studies in LGBTQ+ topics interrelating several of but not limited to the following disciplines: anthropology, art history, cultural studies, history, law, literature, media, plastic and performing arts, psychology, religion, sociology, etc
Current Special Topics
LGBT 180S (IS) Mass Incarceration and LGBTQ+ Communities
Scholars have written extensively about the correlation between race, policing, and incarceration. Thought leaders in prison studies, such as Angela Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Michelle Alexander, have used the abolitionist framework to argue that in the modern era, populations formerly controlled through slavery and colonization—namely, poor black and indigenous peoples—are now controlled through the prison system. Only in the past decade have academics begun to seriously take up the question of how gender identity, particularly for trans and gender-nonconforming people, and queer identity relate to the history and current landscape of Mass Incarceration and the Carceral State. This course aims to explore and analyze that question/issue.
Cross-listed with CRIM 187S.
LGBT 180W – Paganism and Magic: Eco-Spiritualities of Enchantment
This course will familiarize you with the myths, histories, and rituals of contemporary spiritualities oriented around nature, paganism, and magic. We will pay particular attention to the crucial historical role that occult religions have played in enabling forms of non-binary gender and sexual non-conformity or queerness.
Cross-listed with (IS) RELI 030.
LGBT 180Y (WI, IS) Queer Roots of Steampunk
Much of the style that we associate with ‘steampunk’ comes from the Victorian era. In this course, we will explore the queer side of such Victorian cultural practices as theatrical melodramas, pleasure gardens, fashion, and museums, as well as historical figures from Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack) and Charlotte Cushman to Oscar Wilde. We will also explore contemporary representations of Victorian expressions of same sex-desire in films such as “Tipping the Velvet,” and an artist Lubaina Himid’s reinterpretation of Hogarth’s prints.
Cross-listed with RHET 189O and with WST 150 Z.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly Special Topics in LGBT Studies)
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