Fall 2024 First-Year Seminar BC1768 section 001

Gender Outlaws

GENDER OUTLAWS

Call Number 00854
Day & Time
Location
MW 11:40am-12:55pm
302 Milbank Hall (Barnard)
Points 3
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Sarah Schwartz
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

This course explores literary and historical figures who challenge gender norms and contravene laws about gender and sexuality. We will encounter trans rogues, desiring women, ballroom queens, and feminist killjoys as we think through how these rules are enforced and resisted—both in the past and in our current moment. Cultural objects we may consider include literary works by Toni Morrison, Jordy Rosenberg, and Virginia Woolf; the documentary Paris is Burning; and art from Against Our Vanishing. We will bolster our understanding with historical and critical works by Judith Butler, Saidiya Hartman, Sara Ahmed, and more.

 

Web Site Vergil
Department First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
Enrollment 15 students (16 max) as of 9:06AM Saturday, December 14, 2024
Subject First-Year Seminar
Number BC1768
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Open To Barnard College
Note Barnard 1st Year Students Only
Section key 20243FYSB1768X001