Fictions of Queer Race

What fictions do we tell ourselves about sexuality and race? Through literature and film, this course introduces students to queer of color critique, a mode of queer theory emphasizing diverse experiences, geographies, and epistemologies that also foregrounds the intersection of sexual and racial constructs. The course highlights important questions about the representational politics and social dynamics of the intersection of sexuality, gender, race, and nationality. What is “queer” art? How can we queer ethnic literature? What is a queer diaspora? How should we articulate coalition building?