Sunday, December 23, 2007
Syllabi fun
I am teaching a class this spring semester about transgender folks in pop culture. It's been great fun to design the syllabus, though I quickly realized there was no way to fit everything I wanted to talk about in a semester. I have defined transgender very broadly and am encouraging my students to think about the the political effects and limitations of such identity terms. We're looking at everything from Mulan to The Aggressives. But not surprisingly, I've been having real difficulty finding television or film representations of trans folk of color that aren't documentaries. Same problem for trans folks with dis/abilities. Those facts are also worthy of discussion, and we'll certainly address it in class, but if anyone has any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it.
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