Drawing upon feminist, queer, and social science theories of gender and sexuality, this course will examine transformations in the lives of cisgender and transgender people in a contemporary U.S. context. Particular emphasis will be placed on technology, inequality, and activist and scholarly agitations for social justice. Questions we will explore include: To what extent are categories of gender, sexuality, race and class socially constructed? How have our understandings of these categories shifted across time and space? How do networked and mobile technologies shape identities and alter individuals' understanding and performance of gender, sexuality, race and class? Finally, how are carceral politics, border policies, precarious labor arrangements and surveillance practices, among other topics, shaped by race, gender, sexuality, class and citizenship and to what extent are these intersecting positionalities leveraged in building movements for justice?

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 25

Prerequisites: None

Instructor: Musto

Distribution Requirements: SBA - Social and Behavioral Analysis

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered

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