Integrating Project Seminar (395-0-21)

Topic

The Politics of Sexuality

Instructors

Maya Novak-Herzog

Meeting Info

Locy Hall 305: Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

Course title: The Politics of Sexuality

Instructor: Maya Novak-Herzog

This course takes the study of sex as its primary analytical subject-- what is sex? How do understandings and expressions of sex and sexuality differ across social and political contexts? Students will analyze key historical and political moments that have played a formative role in shaping contemporary notions of sex. Examples include the enduring impact of British Imperialism, the global HIV/AIDS crisis, and the feminist "sex wars" of the late 20th century, among many other transformative events. Ultimately, this course challenges the notion that human sexuality is merely an individual, biological phenomenon, and, instead, situates sex in a broader context conditioned by power, dominance, and hierarchy.