FYSE1028A-S15
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.
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.
- Term:
- Spring 2015
- Location:
- Freeman HAM(FIC HAM)
- Schedule:
- 1:30pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC HAM (Feb 9, 2015 to May 11, 2015)
7:30pm-10:25pm on Tuesday at FIC FR2 (Feb 9, 2015 to May 11, 2015) - Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Kevin Moss
- Subject:
- First Year Seminar
- Department:
- First-Year Seminar Program
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP CW SOC
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22564
- Subject Code:
- FYSE
- Course Number:
- 1028
- Section Identifier:
- A