Women's and Gender Studies
WGS 315 - Trans Existence And Resilience
Description: This Trans Studies course is about trans, gender variant, and non-binary peoples' existence and resilience. It centers work by Indigenous, Black, Asian, and Latinx film makers, poets, memoirists, and theorists and their articulations about the relationship of gender to race and racism, capitalism, and colonialism in a U.S. context. We will examine trans epistemologies as well as critiques of Eurocentric models of thinking about genders that explain peoples' existence within Western frameworks and ontologies. In a world that says trans folks do not exist, we will think about the relationship between art, futurity, expression, survival, freedom, and liberation. Letter grade only.
Units:
3
No sections currently offered.
Requirement Designation:
Social and Political Worlds + US Ethnic
Liberal Studies Essential Skills:
Critical Thinking
Prerequisite: Any WGS course