Queer Narratives

Asks how certain voices become representative of queer experience, and considers role of historical, political, and literary narratives in crafting and navigating identities. Examines texts by and/or about LGBTQ people, and addresses queer lives and experiences. Takes particular interest in progressive narrative histories of queer life and their contestation in contemporary activist and political discourse. Outlines intersections between sexuality, race, class, gender, ability, and other markers of identity. WGSS 0084 Women's Visions in Global Film. (Cross-listed as FMS 56 & ILVS 82 & ILCS 84) Examination of women's film and whether this categorization is productive or reductive, given its formal and cultural diversity. Analyze principal preoccupations of female directors and the ways they depict female subjectivity in relation to race, class, and sexuality. Compare how filmmakers navigate body politics across various global contexts. Discussion of the aesthetic, cultural, and political dimensions of contemporary women’s filmmaking through a diverse selection of 21st-century films. WGSS 0085 Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. New or one-time course offerings.