ENGL 2560 - [Black Queer Writing and Media]

(crosslisted) AMST 2562, ASRC 2560, FGSS 2560, LGBT 2560
(CA-AS, SCD-AS)

Fall. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 4 credits. Student option grading.

C. Frazier.

This course will introduce students to Black Queer literatures and media. Since these materials decenter whiteness and patriarchal heterosexism, they often seem illegible to those approaching them from the perspective of the dominant culture. We will start with foundational texts that outline the parameters of our dominant culture. We will then discuss Black Queer contemporary novels, films, essays, and visual art in order to understand the ways that these works move past the limitations of those parameters. By engaging these literatures and media, this course investigates the exciting possibilities that emerge from understanding alternative ways of being and living in our world.