ENGL-3660 Advanced Craft: Race and Sexualities
This class explores the intimate ways that sexualities and race entwine in contemporary culture, historically, and in our own lives, creating some of the most controversial, compelling, yet often taboo issues of our time. Investigating such works as Claudia Rankine's Citizen, Dorothy Chan's Return of the Chinese Femme, and Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color, students will explore-and compose original works within the genres of poetry and creative nonfiction and will also investigate social media and themes, engaging such topics as race, gender and empire; cages and concentration camps; queer sexualities; and strategies for social empowerment such as Black Lives Matter and feminism(s). Formerly a section of ENG-360.
Prerequisite
One 2000-level English course