WG 223 Introduction to Gay & Lesbian Studies

 










WG 223
Introduction to Gay & Lesbian Studies
Schedule

Day Time Location
Tuesday 11:10-12:25 FIC FR 2
Thursday 11:10-12:25 FIC FR 2
Wednesday screenings 7:30-10:30 FIC FR 1


SS Sergius and Bacchus, 7th Century Icon

Tentative Class Schedule:

 WEEK ONE

Queer Theory

10 Feb Introduction

12 Feb Jagose, Queer Theory, Ch. 1 & 2
Foucault, History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, Pts 1-3

 WEEK TWO

18 Feb Foucault, History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, Pts 4-5
Halperin, "Is There a History of Sexuality," in LGSR
Jagose, Queer Theory, Ch. 6-8

20 Feb Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet, Introduction: Axiomatic, 1-63

 WEEK THREE

25 Feb Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet, 67-90 and 131-181

27 Feb Butler, Gender Trouble, 1-34 and 128-49

 WEEK FOUR

History: The Ancient World

4 Mar Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality 1-3 (3-87)

6 Mar Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality 4-6

 WEEK FIVE

11 Mar **Queer Theory paper due**
Boswell 10-12 and Hidden from History: Padgug (on reserve in book & xerox)
Juana Rodriguez: Queer Latinidad, 4:30 in Sunderland 110

12 Mar "Reflections on Civil Unions," Stan Baker and Bill Lippert, 7.30 in RAJ Seminar Room

History: 20th Century America

13 Chauncey, Gay New York: Introduction;
Faderman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers, Chs. 1 & 2

 WEEK SIX

18 Mar Chauncey 1-4 (33-130)

19 Mar Arthur Dong / Allan Berube, Coming Out Under Fire

20 Mar Chauncey 9-10 (227-300); Faderman Chs.3 & 5

SPRING BREAK

 WEEK SEVEN

Stonewall

1 Apr Faderman 6-8, D'Emilio Part 1 (9-56)

2 Apr Nigel Finch, Stonewall

3 Apr D'Emilio, Parts 2 & 4

 WEEK EIGHT

Queer Culture

7 Apr. Linda Hollingdale, Civil Union exhibit opening, Abernethy Room 4:30

8 Apr **History paper due**, Russo, Celluloid Closet to p. 179

9 Apr Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, The Celluloid Closet

10 Apr Celluloid Closet to p. 245

 WEEK NINE

14 Apr. Marvin Ellison: "SEXUAL ETHICS WITHOUT THE 'F' WORD: From Marriage Fundamentalism to an Ethical Eroticism." 4:00 Forest West

15 Apr Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray

16 Apr Rose Troche, Go Fish

17 Apr Hall, Well of Loneliness

 WEEK TEN

 22 Apr Hall, Well of Loneliness

23 Apr Marlon Riggs, Tongues Untied

24 Apr Cunningham, The Hours

 

 WEEK ELEVEN

29 Apr Cunningham, The Hours

30 Apr. Todd Haynes, Poison

1 May Schulman, Rat Bohemia

 WEEK TWELVE

6 May Kushner, Angels in America, I

7 May Cheryl Dunye, Watermelon Woman

8 May **Culture paper / presentation due**