WGST 432

Feminist and Queer Theories

Ideas, histories, concepts, and concerns of feminist and queer theories. Identity categories and their historical construction, cultural contexts, significance for contemporary power relations, and meanings for diverse individuals and communities. Intersectional understandings of gender and sexuality as constituted by and constitutive of race, class, ability, and other dimensions of difference, privilege, and disadvantage

Units: 3.0