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WGS 431 - Advanced Topics in LGBTQ Studies
Winter 2021, Section 001 - Black Intimacies
Instruction Mode: Section 001 is  Online (see other Sections below)
Subject: Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)
Department: LSA Women's and Gender Studies
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Details

Credits:
3
Waitlist Capacity:
99
Advisory Prerequisites:
WGS 245 (WOMENSTD 245) or WGS/AMCULT 295 (WOMENSTD/AMCULT 295).
Repeatability:
May be elected twice for credit. May be elected more than once in the same term.
Rackham Information:
Rackham credit requires additional work.
Primary Instructor:
Jones, Jennifer Dominique

Description

In this course, students will explore the ways in which black feminist and black queer scholars, writers and artists have analyzed and articulated black intimacies in their work. Here black intimacies refers to black intimate life or the diverse erotic bonds, friendships, kinship formations and communal networks of people of African Descent. Course texts include (inter)disciplinary scholarship (history, literary studies, sociology, performance studies) and various forms of creative expression including novels, poetry, film and art.

Course Requirements:

Course assignments include weekly reflections and two paper assignments (a midterm paper of 5-8 pages and a final research paper of 12-15 pages).

Class Format:

This course will be taught synchronously and online.

Schedule

WGS 431 - Advanced Topics in LGBTQ Studies
Schedule Listing
001 (SEM)
 Online
30961
Open
5
 
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MW 2:30PM - 4:00PMREMOTE
002 (SEM)
 Online
31155
Closed
0
 
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MW 2:30PM - 4:00PMREMOTE

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