2023-2024 Catalog

WGS 340 Sexuality Studies

This course examines the various cultural and social regimes that create and organize ideas about sexuality, addresses the "invention" of homo/heterosexuality, and examines the social, legal, representational, and political systems that define sexual (ab)normality. Topics include contemporary issues of sexual orientation, sexuality in relation to gender, race and class, pornography, intersex issues, drag, and Queer culture. [GM1]

Prerequisite

At least one WGS course or WGS elective, or permission of instructor

Instructor

Armstrong