CHID 480 E: Special Topics: Advanced Study of the History of Ideas

Winter 2023
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Meeting:
TTh 1:30pm - 3:20pm / SIG 225
SLN:
12544
Section Type:
Seminar
Joint Sections:
GWSS 490 A
Instructor:
QUEER FUTURES THIS COURSE FOCUSES ON THE MOST CUTTING-EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN 21ST- CENTURY QUEER AND TRANSGENDER CULTURES, GENDERS, SOCIAL AND SEXUAL PRACTICES, ART, AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH.
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

 

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GWSS 490: Queer Futures (5 credits)

Instructor: Chandan Reddy

 

This course focuses on the most cutting-edge developments in 21st-century queer and transgender cultures, genders, social and sexual practices, art, and historical research. Students examine transformative impact of these developments on what societies value economically; mark as morally worthy; encourage as family and kinship; and normalize as bodily wholeness, sexuality, desirability beyond globally dominant norms of heterosexuality, nuclear family, and blood-based kinship. The course explores varied media including film, TV, podcasts, documentaries, autobiography, novels, etc. alongside scholarly articles and works to map a post-heterosexual future. 

Catalog Description:
Examines a different subject or problem from a comparative framework with an interdisciplinary perspective. Satisfies the Gateways major/minor requirement. Offered: AWSp.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
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October 7, 2025 - 9:15 am