FREN-438 Gender and Sexuality in the Maghreb (3)

Gender and sexuality shape and are shaped by politics and the distribution of power. This course explores the construction, experience, and deconstruction of gender, sex, and sexuality in the Maghreb as inscribed in a variety of cultural productions (fiction, testimony, film, and visual arts). Drawing on historical, sociological and anthropological research as well as literary, film, and art criticism, the course not only discusses processes of becoming gendered, sexed, or sexual subjects, it also uses gender and sexuality as a lens to examine important moments in history, phenomena, and concepts such as colonialism, national liberation and national identity, political and social violence, democratization, individual freedom, and diversity. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity. Note: Language of Instruction: English or French, specific to course section.