{"id":1790,"date":"2013-12-18T19:15:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/katherine-stephenson\/?page_id=1790"},"modified":"2015-03-15T02:04:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T02:04:26","slug":"week-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/katherine-stephenson\/courses\/queer-theory\/weekly-work\/week-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12: Transgender and Transsexual Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the 1980s critical theorists became increasingly fascinated with the notion of ambiguity and, in particular, with bodies, genders, sexualities, and practices which appeared to defy traditional forms of categorisation. This focus on ambiguity continues in Queer Theory’s concern with transsexual or transgendered bodies which, it is often claimed, transgress, and thus help to dismantle, binary oppositions such as male\/female, nature\/culture, heterosexual\/homosexual, and so in. —Nikki Sullivan, A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory<\/em> (99)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Required Readings<\/h3>\n

Sullivan, Ch. 6 \u201cTranssexual Empires and Transgender Warriors\u201d (99-118)<\/p>\n

Sandeen on Pam’s House Blend blog, \u201cA Shopping List Of Trans Women\u2019s Shame<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Shepard, The Meaning of Matthew: My Son’s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed<\/em>, Acknowledgments (ix-xi), Author’s Note (xiii), Ch. 1 (5-9), Ch. 14 excerpt (234-247), Ch. 15 (251-68), Epilogue (271-274) [on Moodle2<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Graduate Readings [on Moodle2<\/a>]:
\nHalberstam, In a Queer Time and Place<\/em>, Chs. 1 (1-21), Ch. 2 (22-26, 45-46), Ch. 4 (83-92)
\nHerring, Another Country<\/em>, Introduction \u201cI Hate New York\u201d (1-29)<\/p>\n

Additional Resources<\/h3>\n

Film: Kimberly Peirce\u2019s Boys Don\u2019t Cry<\/a> (1999)
\nTrailer http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aOarssJWHhI;<\/a>
\nSample video tribute http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RQpHjS_9ZUQ&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n

Due This Week<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Ten key Terms or concepts in readings<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Two LGBTQIA representations<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Two LGBTQIA issues<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Queer Theory Week 12 Questions on Readings<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Group 4 Presentation:\u00a0Jessica Harmon, Randi Christensen, My [Ngoc] Le, Hannah Wilson<\/li>\n
  6. Partial draft of paper optional due date (5050) <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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