ART 379 - Topics: Queer Art History & Visual Culture (1)

This course seeks to address both the overlooked LBGTQ+ artists and current artists embracing such identities. The term, queer, is only one step in exploring an aesthetic that addresses same-sex desire and non-conforming gender identities with the goal of exploring ways to celebrate as well as resist cultural norms. The class will also examine how identities such as the construction of race, gender identity, ethnicity, and orientation intersect and further determine cultural behaviors. Art and objects are rarely neutral-as they shape and are shaped by a cultural context. This course may count toward the GSS major. Prerequisite: Any writing designated (W) course or GSS 171. Offered every third year. No alternate grade option. [AH]
(Humanities) (Intercultural Literacy Intensive) (Writing Encounter)