SPAN 1439 - QUEER MEXICO

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
From a queer theoretical perspective, as an extension of gender and sexuality studies, this course offers a panoramic view of cultural production in Mexico from 1901 to the present. As a point of departure, several milestones are presented in the sociocultural constructions of masculinity, femininity and sexuality and their respective transformations throughout the 20th century. Similarly, this course examines the themes, dynamics, trends and common sites of sexual diversity in contemporary Mexico. Incorporating a diversity of cultural texts (i.e. novels, essays, newspaper articles, videos, films, art, music, and performance.), this course centers thematically on the gender models that circulated before, during and after the 1910 Revolution, the debates about homosexuality during the decade of the 40s, 50s and 60s, the emergence of activist movement in favor of sexual diversity in the 70s, the cultural production of homosexual themes, the urban space in the development of sexually dissident practices, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, nightlife culture, sexual manifestations in the borderlands and in the indigenous communities of Oaxaca, lesbianism, transsexualism, the debate on queerness, the cultural symbols and practices of the LGBT community in Mexico. This course aims to develop critical thinking skills through the rigorous examination of the assumptions that fix, homogenize and perpetuate the traditional narratives that lead to a dichotomy of sexuality in contemporary Mexico.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (SPAN 0020 or 0120) AND (SPAN 0025 or 0125)
Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.

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