Deals with the pathologization of the human sexual potential by social pressures and compulsory demand for normalization. Examines deviance and stigmatization by way of Goffman's essay Stigma; studies gender identity in Crisp-Gold's film The Naked Civil Servant; analyzes the problems of alternative sexual preference as presented in the Merchant-Ivory production of Maurice and in Metzger's Therese et Isabelle. PY201 is recommended as a rerequisite.
Code:
GS2008
Name:
GENDER-IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, & THE CINEMA
Discipline:
GS (Gender Studies)
Type:
Regular
Level:
Undergraduate
Credits:
4
Can be taken twice for credit?:
No
Pre-requisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Equivalencies: