Readings In Queer Literature, Media, and Theory

This course explores queer lives,cultures, and histories asrepresented by literary authors,filmmakers, and theoreticians. Bystudying the artifacts and textsabout or attesting to the survival ofqueer people, we will come tounderstand what has given form tothe contemporary mainstream gayrights movement and subsequentdevelopments, including the so-called transgender tipping point.The approach of this course isintersectional, taking into accountconstructions of class, gender, andrace as they relate to LGBTQIA identities.