Instructor: Dr. Jabir Puar
Term 1
CSIS_V 450A-101 Sexuality and Fascism
Description: Transphobia and queerphobia are the glue of a global fascism that otherwise has its national articulations in the rollback of LGBTQ rights in many countries, including the U.S., Hungary, Turkey, the U.K, and Brazil. Why are trans, queer, and non-binary people specifically targeted by increasingly authoritarian regimes? Why is gender binarism so important to right-wing ideologies, and how is gender binarism being used to reinforce racial hierarchies and white supremacy while also disciplining women? And in this “post-rights” context, where and how are homonationalism, homocapitalism, and pinkwashing still operative?
This is an upper-level seminar. Students should have familarity with queer and trans studies literatures.