Black Queer Diaspora Studies

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Course examines the genealogies and debates of black queer studies, as well as representations of gender non-conformity and fluid sexualities in literature and film produced by Black Candian, Black European, Afro-Indigenous, Afro Asian, Afro-Latina , and Black U.S. communities . It will focus on six major issues and concerns: 1) impact of slavery and colonization 2) migration, immigration and transnationalism, 3) how forms and aesthetics signify class differences of gender and sexuality 4) private and public spaces and representations for black queer identity and culture, 5) spirituality and queerness, and 6) consumption/abjection of black queer bodies and cultures.