Sexuality on Stage
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TR 12-1:30
This course is designed to provide you with a working understanding of feminist theories as they have intersected in the last decade with theatre/performance studies. The course takes as a given that what constitutes subjectivity is not prior to or independent of the representations we make. Thus a strong focus of the course will be on how our individual and collective identities are produced, not merely reflected, in representation. "Performativity," as a concept, will be interrogaterd especially in relation to social configurations of gender, race, class, ethnicities and sexualities. We will be studying the performances of contemporary artists, most of them feminist and/or gay and lesbian, such as Holly Hughes, Karen Finley, Tim Miller, Split Britches, Adrain Peper, Anna Deavere Smith, and performance/presentation will be required.
updated 2006-11-06
