WGS 3600 Global Sexualities and Queer Communities

The economic, political and the cultural dimensions of globalization have not only fundamentally transformed the lived experience of work and labor, families, governance and welfare, community, and nation but also redefined gender and sexuality. This course will use an interdisciplinary approach to interrogate the contemporary process of globalization as it impacts communities, gender relations, and sexualities across cultural and geographical regions of the world. Emphasizing a transnational feminist and queer perspective the course will explore the linkages and connections on key issues of work, migration, conflict, environment, health and violence, and citizenship that have shaped sexual identities, sexual desires, sexual practices, sexual labor and experiences, and the collective responses and social movements resisting globalization for gender/queer justice. This is a UCC area 6 course.

Prerequisite(s): Students must complete 15 credits of area 1-3 before Area 4.
Credits: 3.0