Course Evaluation Form
Submitted by Karla Keyes
on Thursday, 12/10/2015, at 12:11 PM
Listed in: Black Studies, as BLST-236 | Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-330
Khary O. Polk (Section 01)
(Offered as BLST 236 [US] and SWAG 330) From the modern era to the contemporary moment, the intersection of race, gender, and class has been especially salient for people of African descent—for men as well as for women. How might the category of sexuality act as an additional optic through which to view and reframe contemporary and historical debates concerning the construction of black identity? In what ways have traditional understandings of masculinity and femininity contributed to an understanding of African American life and culture as invariably heterosexual? How have black lesbian, gay, and transgendered persons effected political change through their theoretical articulations of identity, difference, and power? In this interdisciplinary course, we will address these questions through an examination of the complex roles gender and sexuality play in the lives of people of African descent. Remaining attentive to the ways black people have claimed social and sexual agency in spite of systemic modes of inequality, we will engage with critical race theory, black feminist thought, queer-of-color critique, literature, art, film, “new media” and erotica, as well as scholarship from anthropology, sociology, and history.
Limited to 25 students. Fall semester. Professor Polk.
If Overenrolled: Students who have taken introductory courses in Black Studies or Women's and Gender Studies will be given priority.
Cost: $$14.50 ?
Section 01
Tu 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CHAP 119
Th 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CHAP 119
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry | State University of New York Press, 2010 | Brooks, Siobhan | TBD | |||
| Soul on Ice | Delta Trade Paperbacks, 1999 | Cleaver, Eldridge | TBD | |||
| Times Square Red, Times Square Blue | New York University Press, 1999 | Delaney, Samuel | TBD | |||
| Zami | Crossing Press, 1982 | Lorde, Audre | TBD | |||
| A Taste of Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornograhy | Duke University Press, | Miller-Young, Mirelle | TBD | |||
| Redefining Realness | Atria Books, 2014 | Mock, Janet | TBD | |||
| Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman | Verso, 1999 | Wallace, Michele | TBD |