Course Info: CSI-0208

CourseCSI-0208 Queer Feelings
Long Title'Queer Feelings: The Emotional and Affective Life of Gender, Sexuality, and Race
Term2019S
Note(s) Satisfies Distribution
Textbook information
Meeting InfoFranklin Patterson Hall 105 on M,W from 10:30-11:50
FacultyStephen Dillon
Capacity25
Available-3
Waitlist3
Distribution(s) Power, Community and Social Justice
Cumulative Skill(s)Multiple Cultural Perspectives
Writing and Research
Multiple Cultural Perspectives
Writing and Research
Additional InfoStudents are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.
Description

In the last decade, queer scholars have turned away from the study of identity and textuality to consider the role of affect and emotion in the production, circulation, and regulation of sexuality, race, and gender. This course examines a new body of work in queer studies, feminist studies, and sexuality studies that explores emotion and affect as central to operation of social, political, and economic power. Topics will include, mental illness, hormones, happiness, sex, trauma, labor, identity, and social movements, among others. Students will work to consider how emotions and affect are connected to larger systems of power like capitalism; white supremacy; heteropatriarchy; terrorism and war; the prison; the media; and medicine.