GWS 581

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Topics in Queer Studies

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Credit: 4 hours.

Interdisciplinary graduate seminar on a current topic in the field of queer studies.

May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 8 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and previous coursework in women's or gender studies, or consent of instructor. GWS 580 or previous coursework in queer studies is recommended.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	64270	Lecture-Discussion	R	1:00PM -2:50PM	T	English Building	Somerville, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Queer Theory Section Info: Meets w/ENGL 581, Sec, R (CRN: 32282) This course will trace key moments in the development of the field of queer theory over the past three decades (or so). While one familiar genealogy of queer theory locates its origins in the development of a theory of sexuality (as distinct from theories of gender), a range of queer theorists have instead critiqued any attempt to give exclusive priority to sexuality over other categories of analysis. The full potential of queer theory, it was argued early in the field, is to dislodge “the status of sexual orientation itself as the authentic and centrally governing category of queer practice, thus freeing up queer theory as a way of reconceiving not just the sexual, but the social in general” (Harper, et al., 1997). Still other queer theorists have located the full potential of queer critique in its refusal of the social and political altogether. While we will remain skeptical of origin stories and attentive to the stakes of competing genealogies, our readings will include texts that have been understood as foundational to the field, as well as well as emerging work in areas such as queer indigenous studies and queer disability studies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.