Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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FYSE 1028

Identity/Difference

Identity and Difference
How do we use categories of identity and difference? How does culture determine how we perceive and perform gender and ethnic identity: male/female, gay/straight, East/West, black/white? We will look at constructions of gender and sexual identity in various cultures and consider how they intersect with national and ethnic identity. Literature and film will be our primary focus. We will read Euripides’ Bacchae, Forster’s Passage to India, and Hwang’s Madame Butterfly and view films like Kiss of the Spiderwoman and Europa Europa that problematize sexual and gender identity. 3 hrs. sem.
Subject:
First Year Seminar
Department:
First-Year Seminar Program
Division:
Interdisciplinary
Requirements Fulfilled:
CMP CW SOC

Sections

Fall 2020

FYSE1028A-F20 Seminar (Moss)

Fall 2016

FYSE1028A-F16 Seminar (Moss)

Spring 2015

FYSE1028A-S15 Seminar (Moss)

Fall 2003

FYSE1028A-F03 Lecture (Moss)