WMNS 387 - Lesbian Texts/Queer Theories

Institution:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Subject:

Description:

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 3 credits in a 200-level literature course (or equivalent). A study of queer literature and theory, focusing on writing about female same-sex desire. Explores the idea of a "lesbian subject" and a "lesbian text" through directed study of literature, film, history and theory. Considers issues of aesthetics, politics, authorship and interpretive communities and examines the intersection of social identities with particular attention to race/ethnicity, sex/gender, class and nationality.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vcu.edu/

Phone Number:

(804) 828-0100

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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