This course examines selected aspects of gay and lesbian cultural production with an emphasis upon the historical emergence, construction and representation of various homosexual identities.
Specific reference is made to writing, performance, cinema, and the visual arts.
The course provide a forum to address questions of gender, cultural practices, power and identity with particular reference to the changing politics of sexuality. Last Time Offered Highsmith, P. Carol . Tsiolkas, C. Loaded . Recommended texts Abelove, Henry, Michele Aina Barale, and David M Halperin, eds. The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader .