Queer Theory 101 [4-weeks, $200 Suggested]

***This class has already begun, but interested students can still audit this course asynchronously.

Instructor: Stillman | Sundays March 6-March 27 | 5:00-7:00 PM ET

Have you always wanted to get the basics of Queer Theory under your belt? Or maybe you have a loose grip on the canon, but it’s been a while since you’ve really gotten into it? Or perhaps you took a Queer Theory class once, but pretty much everyone on the syllabus was white? Or maybe you just want to hang out with some bookish Queer folx? Whatever your reason, if you’re interested in a gently guided frolic through some of the core texts of academia’s gayest discourse in the company of a rag-tag gang of online companions, then this is the class for you! People we’ll read may include, but are not limited to: Audre Lorde, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Eve Sedgwick, Cathy Cohen, Sara Ahmed, David Halperin, Lee Edelman, Lauren Berlant, Michael Warner, José Muñoz, E. Patrick Johnson, Sharon Holland, and/or Jack Halberstam. Some of the core questions we’ll address are: what does “Queer” mean? Can anyone identify as Queer, or are there criteria? If so, what could they be? Is “Queer” even an identity? What kind? Why or why not? Is there such a thing as “homonormativity?” What does it mean to “Queer” something? What is a “Queer” reading of something? I’m not saying all (or any) of these questions have definitive answers, but what I am saying is: we’re going to read some amazing stuff, talk about it, and in the end, you’ll know your Queer Theory 101!

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