WMS 260 - Gender and Sexuality in Lusophone Literature

3 credits C
Critical study of representations of gender and sexuality in the literatures of Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa from the Middle Ages to the present. Attention will be given to discursive and narrative construction of gendered and sexual identities; historically and culturally variable perspectives on gender and sexuality; and the roles played by gendered agents and sexual engagements in the historical processes occurring in the Portuguese-speaking world, with particular emphasis on colonial and postcolonial contexts and relations. Cross-listed as POR 260.