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SOC 390 - Queer Sociology

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Interrogates identity politics of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer individuals. Drawing upon constructionist and critical theory, this course focuses on sexual identities, the “science of desire,” activism, intersectionality and queer sexualities. Socio-historical comparisons of pre- and post-Stonewall culture highlight the social evolution from sex acts to social roles to “kinds of persons” to the emergence of politically organized sexual communities. A central theme is the examination of the consequences of conceptualizing identities and sexualities outside the traditional binaries of sex, gender and sexuality as fluid and resistant practices. The production of knowledge in science and popular culture is analyzed within the context of social change. Every year.