Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra read- ing, 2 hours
Catalog page 444
Prerequisites: LGBS 001 or WMST 001 or WMST 001H or consent of instructor
Description: Examines speech acts, secrecy, and silence to understand the significance of the closet. Explores perspectives on resistant movements and modes of communication related to coming out. Considers coming out stories, biographies, examinations of the social construction of heterosexual identities and formation of public space. Cross-listed with LGBS 139. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.