COMM 22800 - Communication & Queer Studies

Course Credit: 1
Communication and Queer Studies. This course introduces students to the growing field of queer studies within communication studies. It draws on work mainly in communication studies but also from other related fields to examine queer discourse. With its point of departure in feminist critiques of sexuality as well as gay and lesbian studies, queer studies has expanded the interrogation of identity to focus on many other culturally salient categories. Therefore, it frames the introduction to communication and queer studies with an emphasis on the intersectionality of differences, that problematizes, while still familiarizes students with, important texts in queer studies as they intersect with communication studies. Prerequisite(s): COMM-11100, minimum grade of C-. [AH, D, SJ]