ENG-349 Thinking Sex

GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) and WR (Writing-Research Intensive)
Prerequisite: Any First Year Writing Seminar
Typically, sex and sexuality are assumed to define discrete, natural categories of being or social identity. Instead of treating these as separate from other social and cultural issues, we will study how these concepts acquire meaning from their association with categories of knowledge (race, gender, medicine, or science, for example) that are not primarily about sex. Works explored include historical and empirical studies, anthropology and cultural theory, Disney films and fairy tales, documentaries, biographies, and contemporary novels. 4 credits.