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WMST 3359 The Politics of Queer Theory
4 hours, 4 credits
Introduction to the concepts and themes associated with the development of the field of Queer Theory. Investigation of the connections among debates regarding the concepts of identity and power in Queer Theory and in the fields of Political Theory, Women?s Studies, and Lesbian and Gay Studies. Examination of essentialist and constructionist understandings of social identity. Exploration of the relationship between sex, gender and sexuality as forms of identification and power and other forms of identification and power such as race and class. This course is the same as Political Science 3416.
Prerequisites: Political Science 1001 or 1002 or 1003 or 1004 or 1005 or 1006 or Core 1230 or Women?s and Gender Studies 1001 or 2100.
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