Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Academic Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GWS 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Transnational Transgender Studies

4 credits (Fall)
In this course we will consider the movement of transgender phenomena, knowledges, and practices across regions, nations, and rural-urban spaces. We will draw on a range of disciplines and cultural imaginaries - sexology, anthropology, history, and film - to study examples of localizing trans* in specific inter/national, cultural contexts, including India, Iran, China, Brazil, the Philippines, Namibia/South Africa, Mexico, Japan, and North America. How do these approaches view transgender phenomena, what are their agendas and perspectives, how do they situate the people and communities they study? What do they teach us about gender, sexuality, and how to understand them in context? Looking at examples of transnational analyses, we will formulate and discuss our own expectations for Transnational Transgender Studies.

Prerequisite: GWS 111  and GWS 249 
Instructor: Koch-Rein