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Homosexuals in Poland / Hands off (PETITION) [797]
The syllabus has already been written
secure.rackham.umich.edu/academic_information/program_details/lesbian_gay_bisexual_transgender_and_queer_studies
In the University of Michigan.
An fragment of a course description:
ENGLISH 317. Literature and Culture.Section 002 - How to be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation.
Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).
Instructor(s): David M Halperin (halperin@umich.edu)
Course Description:
Just because you happen to be a gay man doesn't mean that you don't have to learn how to become one. Gay men do some of that learning on their own, but often we learn how to be gay from others, either because we look to them for instruction or because they simply tell us what they think we need to know, whether we ask for their advice or not.
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In particular, we will examine a number of cultural artifacts and activities that seem to play a prominent role in learning how to be gay: Hollywood movies, grand opera, Broadway musicals, and other works of classical and popular music, as well as camp, diva-worship, drag, muscle culture, taste, style, and political activism. Are there a number of classically 'gay' works such that, despite changing tastes and generations, all gay men, of whatever class, race, or ethnicity, need to know them, in order to be gay?Yup, you can get a certificate in queer studies.
General course description:
Graduate Certificate in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) StudiesDesigned for students already enrolled in a terminal degree program at the University of Michigan, the Certificate in LGBTQ Studies consists of graduate course work totaling 15 credit hours. The Certificate, which can be combined with either a master's or doctoral degree, aims to:
# Provide an interdisciplinary analysis of the function of sexuality, and particularly sexual identity, in the construction of individuals, as a form of minority discourse, as a signifier of cultural representations, and as a site of power.
# Examine the processes by which sexual desires, identities, and practices are produced, represented, regulated, and resisted, in the U.S. and globally, both in the past and in the present.
# Address sexuality in a way that consistently demonstrates its interconnections to gender, race, ethnicity, and class.
