WGST 335 - Critical Studies in Masculinity

This course examines social, cultural, and political constructions of masculinity in the past and present. The course considers the interplay between the dominant expression of a “hegemonic masculinity” and the co-existence and persistence of “multiple masculinities” that often elude it or resist it. Course readings will engage with emerging forms of (cis, trans*, new) masculinities, situating them against the background of new developments in popular feminist and academic feminist critique.