GSST 188: Gender and Performance

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 409

Prerequisites: upper- division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Focuses on theoretical debates that construct and inform relations between the concepts of gender and performance. Considers the ways gendered bodies have been represented in performance. A broad definition of performance is applicable, and texts cover photographs, films, dance, performance art, drama, and current events.