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
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
GS (Gender Studies)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2995
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