[litv] Stars and Stripes, and Gender Gaps: Theorizing Sex, Gender, and Desire in North America - Einzelansicht

This course introduces students to the study of American_Gender Studies. Both American Studies and Gender Studies are interdisciplinary research areas that have many overlaps, yet are hardly ever studied together. This lecture attempts to fill the gender(ed) gaps in American Studies and tries to highlight the Americanness of recent Gender theories. By engaging the prevailing theoretical approaches of Gender Studies to the study of American literatures and cultures, this course focuses upon gender identity and gendered representation as central categories of analysis.

Using a variety of 18^th-, 19^th- and 20^th-century American materials, the course is arranged in clusters that each address different topics in American_Gender Studies, such as e.g. different generations of feminism(s), queer theory, sexed and gendered bodies, as well as bodily performances and 'the sexing' of the social. This lecture will also host a series of guest speakers who will share their expertise on influential theorists in the fields of gender and queer studies, e.g. Judith Butler, Lee Edelman, and Donna Haraway. 

Course Readings:

There will be a course reader, which you can pick up at the office of NamLitCult.

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