ILS 2180: SEXUALITY: SCIENCE/CULTURE/LAW
Spring 2023
Tentative Course Schedule
12:30-1:45
ACAD 425
NOTE: This schedule may change as needed. Your presence in class ensures correct assignments
ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF OUR CLASS MEETING TIME (12:30PM)
WEEK 1
T 1/10 Course Introduction; FW: What is the value of art in a culture? Gluck Image
HOMEWORK (DUE 1/12):
- Set Up Blog; email the Web address to your page (http://wordpress)
Do first blog post: What do you see as the cultural, historical, and political
value of a film like Before Stonewall? Your response should be a minimum of
300 words; post to your newly created blog.
HOMEWORK (DUE 1/17):
Matters" by John D'Emilio & Estelle B. Freedman (SEE WEEK 1 FOLDER)
- Be prepared to answer this question about your reading and be able to support
- your answer with specific evidence from the text: What important lessons do
- these two articles teach us about the history of sexuality?
WEEK 2
T 1/17 Blog Post and Discussion of Halperin
HOMEWORK (DUE 1/19):
Read "Run, Mourner, Run" by Randall Kenan (see week 2 folder)
Theme = the central idea communicated by the work. Identify the theme as a
one word idea. Your response should be a minimum of 300 words.
R 1/19 Fiction Terms and Discussion of Kenan Story
HOMEWORK (DUE 1/24):
common? Why is that significant and how does this relate to the other works we
have examined thus far (Kenan, Freedman, and Halperin)?
WEEK 3
T 1/24 Discuss Proulx and Bidart
HOMEWORK (DUE 1/26):
1/27 answering the following question: Weeks argues that "the invention of
sexuality was not a single event, now lost in a distant past. It is a continuing
process in which we are simultaneously acted upon and actors, objects of
change, and its subject." What do you think he means by this and what
connections might this statement have to Audre Lorde's poem? Support your
argument with evidence from both texts (Weeks and Lorde) as well as
Lorde's bio.
- Upload completed Response to Turnitin folder
R 1/26 Discuss Weeks and Lorde
HOMEWORK (DUE 1/31):
WARNING: SEXUAL SITUATIONS AND SOME NUDITY
WEEK 4
T 1/31 Discuss Undertow (Contracorriente) & Gender Performance
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/2):
- Read "Sex and the Spectacle of Music Videos: An Examination of the Portryal
of Race and Sexuality in Music Videos" by Jacob Turner (See Week 4 folder)
- Watch "Get Low" by Lil John & the Eastside Boys
WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL SITUATIONS
2/3 answer the following question: What does the Lil John video communicate
about masculinity in American culture? You must include a minimum of one
quote from the Tough Guise documentary and a minimum of one quote from the
Turner article. Clearly explain your position and support your argument with
evidence.
R 2/2 Culture and the Performance of Gender; Discuss documentary, article, and music
video
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/7):
- Watch Moonlight (1 hour 50 minutes) $2.99 at Amazon
WEEK 5
T 2/7 Discuss Moonlight and Connections to Tough Guise 2, Turner Article, and other
Texts
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/9):
- Watch "Striking Vipers," Black Mirror (Season 5, episode 1; 1 hour); Available
on Netflix
heternormativity? What is their collective central message? Support your
argument with evidence/quotes from the texts. Your response should be a min.
of 600 words.
R 2/9 Discuss Striking Vipers
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/14):
- Complete Claim and Subclaims
WEEK 6
T 2/14 Claims and Subclaims Due; CONFERENCES
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/16):
- Revise Claim and Subclaims
R 2/16 Drafting Midterm Essay (or presentation); CONFERENCES
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/21):
- First Draft of Essay 1 (or presentation) due next class (essay, 4-6 pages, presentation, 8-10 minutes)
- Submit Essays only to Smarthinking also
WEEK 7
T 2/21 First Draft of Midterm Essay Due (or presentation); Exchange for Peer
Critique; CONFERENCES
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/23):
ONLY) of partner's paper or presentation (BOTH
STEPS); Upload steps 1 and 2 of Critique to Ulearn as ONE MS WORD
document
- Email completed critique to partner
- Complete Smarthinking Report and Revision Plan (both parts) as
explained in class
R 2/23 Peer Critique; CONFERENCES
HOMEWORK (DUE 2/28):
- Final Draft of Midterm Due (essay or presentation) with Reflection
WEEK 8
NO REGULAR CLASS MEETING; Watch Documentary and Post 300 Word
Response on Blog before 11:59pm
HOMEWORK (DUE 3/2):
Woman Movement" by Susan Cruea
R 3/2 Discuss Cruea
HOMEWORK (DUE 3/14):
ideals of womanhood at the beginning of the 19th century? Use a minimum of
one quote from Cruea and one quote from Chopin; min. 600 2 FULL pages;
Upload to Ulearn.
3/6-3/10 NO CLASS, SPRING BREAK
WEEK 9
T 3/14 Discuss "The Storm"; NO REGULAR CLASS MEETING; PARTICIPATE IN
DISCUSSION BOARD BEFORE 11:59pm (Kate Chopin's "The Storm," Week 9
folder)
HOMEWORK (DUE 3/16):
- Return to the discussion for "The Storm" and respond to the posts of two other
students before class time.
R 3/16 Discuss "The Yellow Wallpaper"
HOMEWORK (DUE 3/21):
- Read Act I of "In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play," pp. 1-65
- Complete Reading Quiz in Ulearn.
- Do Reader Response 7: What do you see as an emerging theme in this play and why? Identify something that a character does or says, or an object
closely associated with them, that reveals something about this theme.
Upload to Ulearn by class time.
- Post Reader Response 7 to Ulearn Turnitin Assignment (Week 9 folder) &
- to Discussion Board in Week 10 folder (ACT 1 Discussion Board)
F 3/17 COURSE WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE
WEEK 10
T 3/21 Discuss Act I
HOMEWORK (DUE 3/23):
Read Act II of In the Next Room, pp. 67-144
- Complete Reading Quiz in Ulearn.
- Complete Initial Post to Discussion Board by class time on Thursday: What
is THE MOST IMPORTANT symbol in this play and why? Support your
argument with evidence/quotes from the text? Your initial post must be a
minimum of 350 words and posted to the discussion board by class time on
Thursday.
R 3/23 Discuss Act II; Respond to the posts of TWO other students in the discussion
for ACT II of the play (see week 10 folder); complete these responses by 9:15am
HOMEWORK (DUE 3/28):
Read "Love Poem" by Audre Lorde and "A Soft Indentation" by Chrystos in
Ulearn (WEEK 10 folder)
- Return to Discussion Board for Act II of play and respond to the posts of two
other students. See week 10 folder for details.
WEEK 11
T 3/28 Discuss Lorde and Chrystos poems
HOMEWORK (DUE 3/30):
- Watch The Hours (2002, 1 hr. 54 min.; $2.99 @ Amazon)
- Do Reader Response 8: In her essay, "Poetry is Not a Luxury," Lorde argues,
"As we learn to bear the intimacy of scrutiny, and to flourish within it, as
we learn to use theproducts of that scrutiny for power within our living, those
fears which rule our lives and formour silences begin to lose their control over
us." How can we connect this statement to the film The Hours, the
documentary Inside Her Sex, and the poems by Lorde ("Love Poem") &
Chrystos ("Soft Indentation")? Your response must be a minimum of 600
words and include multiple examples and a minimum of two quotes.
R 3/30 Discuss The Hours and "Poetry is Not a Luxury" and connections to other texts
HOMEWORK (DUE 4/4):
- Read "i/dentity (packed) by Aimee Herman & "A Cut Won't Kill Me" by
Bo Luengsuraswat (in Ulearn WEEK 11 folder)
WEEK 12
T 4/4 Discuss Poems
HOMEWORK (DUE 4/6):
- Read "Boy with Flowers" by Ely Shipley & (in Ulearn, WEEK 12 folder)
following question: How did the documentary Trans aid you in better
understanding the poem? What do you see as some important connections?
Refer to specific examples from both the documentary and poem and include
a min. of one quote.
R 4/6 Discuss Shipley Poem; Distribute Prompts for Final Presentation
HOMEWORK (DUE 4/11):
- Read "Cycle Undone" by Ahmisa Timoteo Bodhran (in Ulearn)
- Do Reader Response 10: What do you see as the central theme of this film and
why? What connections do you see between the film's theme and the content
of Bodhran's poem? Your response must be a min. of 600 words and refer to
specific examples from both the film and the poem. Include a least one quote
from the poem in your response.
WEEK 13
T 4/11 Discuss Boys Don't Cry
HOMEWORK (DUE 4/13):
- Claim and Sub-claims for Final Exam (presentation or Essay ) Due
R 4/13 Claim and Sub-Claims for Final Exam Due; Pair up for peer critique in class
HOMEWORK (DUE 4/18):
- First draft of final exam due (for presentation this includes a script if
presentation)
- Submit Essays Only to Smarthinking also
WEEK 14
T 4/18 First draft of Final Exam Due; Exchange drafts with a partner for critique;
CONFERENCES
HOMEWORK (DUE 4/20):
- Complete Typed Critique of Partner's Essay or Presentation and submit to
Ulearn
- Continue to Revise Your Final Presentation or Essay
R 4/20 Share Critique in Class; CONFERENCES
HOMEWORK (DUE 4/25):
Continue to Revise Presentation
WEEK 15
T 4/25 READING DAY ALL ACADEMIC CLASSES: Work on Revisions
HOMEWORK (DUE 5/3):
WEEK 16
T 5/2 Final Exam Due with Reflection by 3:30pm