ENGL 286 : Intro to Black LGBTQ Studies

Explore literature, film, and other media that engage gender and sexuality from a Black and Diasporic perspective. Examine texts using an intersectional framework that incorporates Black Feminism, Black and Queer of Color Theory, literary criticism, and critical race theory. Study how gender and sexuality shape and transform cultural understandings of Blackness and how Blackness continues to shift our understanding of gender and sexual identity and expression.