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 Posted: 09/09/05 3:20 pm ::: race, gender, sexuality syllabus |
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some of you expressed an interest in the syllabus for the race, gender and sexuality course i'm teaching this fall. i don't remember who you were, so i'll just post the whole thing here. if you have any questions abou the texts, lemme know.
Intersections: Gender, Race and Sexuality in U.S. History and Politics
How do we understand the ways that issues of gender, race, class and sexuality are interrelated in our contemporary world? This American Studies class explores this question, beginning with a focus on contemporary issues of inequality and violence. Then, drawing on the histories African, Asian, Latino, European and Native Americans of multiple genders and sexualities, we will examine the complex intersection of gender, race, class and sexuality in the United States from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Starting with the period of European imperialism in the Americas, we will focus on cultural and political policies and debates surrounding the Salem witch trials; slavery, abolition and lynching; the politics of health, welfare and reproduction; US imperialism in Puerto Rico, Haiti and elsewhere; queer lives and cultures; and cultural constructions of race, gender and national citizenship.
Part 1: Contemporary Issues, Events and Controversies
Week 1, Sept. 6-8: Course Introduction
Hurricane Katrina discussion and student research
Week 2, Sept. 13-15: Abu Ghraib, Torture and Hazing
Susan Sontag, “The Photographs Are Us”
Meron Benvenisti, et. al., Abu Ghraib: The Politics of Torture
Hank Nuwer, editor, The Hazing Reader, selections
Recommended screening (on reserve in Avery Fisher): War Zone
Week 3, Sept. 20-22: The Life and Death of Tupac Shakur
Michael Dyson, Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur
Recommended screenings (on reserve in AF): Tupac: Resurrection; Biggie and Tupac
Week 4, Sept. 27-29: Sexuality: Pleasure and Danger
Tricia Rose, Longing to Tell
Week 5, Oct. 4-6: The Brandon Teena Murders
Aphrodite Jones, All S/He Wanted
Recommended screenings (on reserve in AF): The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don’t Cry
Week 6, Oct. 11-13: Growing Up Under Pressure
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Random Families
Part 2: Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality in U.S. History
Week 7, Oct. 18-20: European Conquest/Colonial Fantasy and Domination
Elaine Breslaw, Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem
Week 8,Oct. 25-27: Slavery, Rape, Abolition and Miscegenation
Annette Gordon-Reed, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
Recommended screening (on reserve): Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Week 9, Nov. 1-3: Race, Disease and Public Health
Nayan Shah, Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Week 10, Nov. 8-10: Race, Sexuality and Imperialism
Eileen Suarez Findlay, Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race In Puerto Rico
Week 11, Nov. 15-17: The Politics of Lynching
James Goodman, Stories of Scottsboro
Recommended screening (on reserve): Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Week 12, Nov. 22: Gender, Race and War
Mary Renda, Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism
Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 13, Nov. 29-Dec. 1: Queer Lives and Cultures
John Howard, Men Like That: A Southern Queer History
Recommended screening (on reserve): Before Stonewall
Week 14, Dec. 6-8: The U.S. in the Middle East Before 9/11
Melani McAlister, Epic Encounters: Culture, Media & U.S. Interests in the Middle East Since 1945
Week 15, Dec. 13: Return to Katrina
Final Class Discussion
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| Posted: 09/09/05 5:29 pm ::: Re: race, gender, sexuality syllabus |
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Thanks for sharing herrade. It appears you have a nice selection of material for the class. Definitely a lot of discussion-inducing pieces. I'm taking Principles of Sociology at college this year, and we cover a lot of these topics. It's a really interesting course, and I think I am going to take another course that follows it next semester, even though it isn't a requirement from my degree.
I have an off-topic question for you: Have you ever read anything by Zora Neale Hurston? When I was a sophomore in high school I had to read Their Eyes Were Watching God and since then I've always wanted to see if anyone else knew of her.
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| Posted: 09/09/05 5:57 pm ::: |
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herrade
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| Posted: 09/09/05 6:58 pm ::: |
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jeez, cam, you're really on the sontag trip, aren't you? i respect her, but i don't really have a strong love of her work.
bball, i've read some of hurston's work, including TEWWG, but i'm not a literature specialist. i am acquainted, however, with the critisms of her work, particularly her treatment of black female sexuality. there was a point in my graduate career when i came very close to turning toward studying black literature -- i had a lit background from undergrad -- but, and this is extremely depressing, there were just no strong scholars in that field at NYU. in fact, there is a dire shortage of women of color professors here. it was heartbreaking when we lost tricia rose.
there are some really fantastic books on this syllabus, and some questional ones, which are included intentionally -- eg, All S/He Wanted stands out. my 40 students, thankfully, all seem to be progressive-minded folks (last year i had a sizeable group of right-wingers). it's such a difficult set of topics to address, and it would be even harder if there were people standing around just refusing to even deal with the concepts. there are some young _white_ ones that really just have no clue about racism, but their colleagues, thankfully, are helping them out. it's a good group, and i think we'll do well together.
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| Posted: 09/09/05 8:27 pm ::: |
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The reason why I brought up Zora is because the professor of my sociology course is Lucy Ann Hurston, Zora's niece. She's the owner of Zora's estate, and is involved with Hurston Research, LLC. She's done work in the Caribbean that includes interviewing American female prisoners in Jamaica and other individuals. Her husband is the chief criminology researcher for the Department of Corrections in the state of Ohio. Professor Hurston is one of the more knowledgeable and interesting educators that I've met. The posting of your syllabus reminded me of all of this for some reason.
Best of luck this year with the course. It certainly sounds interesting.
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| Posted: 09/09/05 9:41 pm ::: |
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Bump.
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