CAST 333 - Trans*Gender Studies

FC SSCI

4 credits
This course considers the emergence and development of Transgender Studies in America, focusing primarily on gender and sexual minorities of all racial and ethnic backgrounds in the United States. We will examine the connections between this academic project and transgender-related social movements as well as their transnational counterparts. Reading and discussion includes substantial attention to methods of inquiry that analyze cultural differences as they apply to racialized gender and sexualized difference, taking as a starting point specific ways that colonization practices shape current social and legal understandings of gender in the United States.
Prerequisites & Notes: CAST 211 or consent of instructor.