WGSS 360 - Transgender Studies

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Washington University in St Louis

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This course explores the recent emergence of transgender studies from feminist scholarship while at the same time questioning how feminist assumptions about sex and gender have necessitated a reevaluation of identity. We consider why intersexed births still elicit curiosity and fear, historical perspectives on intersex, the difference between intersex and transsexual, and how transgender theorists work with feminist categories of sex, gender, and embodiment. Once we have established a working understanding of transgender theory, we apply these theoretical perspectives to an analysis of recent fictional accounts of transgender and then consider how these popular media representations influence or interact with our current legal definitions of sex and gender as they apply to transgender. Prerequisite: WGSS 100B or WGSS 105, or permission of the instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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