Gender, Sexuality, and Public Policy (351-0-20)

Topic

Gender, Sexuality, and the Carceral System

Instructors

Abigail Rose Barefoot
847/467-0259

Meeting Info

Parkes Hall 214: Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

Topic: Gender, Sexuality, & the Carceral State.

This course explores the rise of the carceral state in the United States with particular attention to ethnographic, sociolegal, feminist, queer, and transgender theoretical approaches to the study of prisons. The course centers on girls, women, and LGBT people's experiences with systems of punishment, surveillance, and control. In addition, students will learn how feminist and queer activists have responded to institutions of policing and mass incarceration; investigate how they have understood prison reform, prison abolition, and transformative justice; and consider the political, ethical, and methodological concerns that policing, and mass incarceration raise.

Class Materials (Required)

TBD

Class Attributes

Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area