DIS STD M125

Exploring Intersections of Ability and Sexuality

Disability Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies M125.) Exploration of identity as means of understanding cultural formations, dominant/nondominant power dynamics, and systems of visual representation. Intersectional approach to explore how ability and sexuality intersect, overlap, and change notions of identity. Use of scholarly texts from disability studies, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies, popular culture, performance, and film to investigate factors that shape ability and sexuality as basis for identity. May be repeated for credit with topic or instructor change.

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