Spring 2022 - INDG 329 D100
Sexuality and Gender: Indigenous Perspectives (3)
Class Number: 6012
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
June Scudeler
jscudele@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8191
Office: 9077
Office Hours: 12:30-1:30
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Prerequisites:
45 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Examines written works on sexuality and gender including the history of representations of the sexualized savage; the discussion of Indigenous concepts of gender, including discussions of two-spirit versus gay identity; homophobia and sexual violence as tools of colonization; the emancipatory potential of erotica. Students with credit for FNST 329 or INDG (or FNST) 322 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
In their 2004 essay “Stolen From Our Bodies: First Nations Two-Spirits/Queers and the Journey to a Sovereign Erotic,” Cherokee scholar Qwo-Li Driskill positions the Sovereign Erotic as “wholeness healed and / or healing from the historical trauma that First Nations people continue to survive, rooted within the histories, traditions, and resistance struggles of our nations.” By creating narratives that centre Indigenous ways of knowing, Indigenous writers, artists, and filmmakers counteract colonial stereotypes. Analyzing how colonization “straightened” Two-Spirit / Indigiqueer and women’s roles will enable students to understand and appreciate Indigenous peoples’ continuing resurgence and resilience.
Grading
- Participation 15%
- Paper proposal (3 pages) 25%
- Presentation and 4 page paper 30%
- Research paper 30%
NOTES:
Texts will be available at the SFU Bookstore but you can also order through Indigenous bookstores https://www.massybooks.com/ and https://irondogbooks.com/
REQUIREMENTS:
FNST 101 or FNST 201
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Dimaline, Cherie Empire of Wild 9780735277205
ISBN: 978-1770864863
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. Gods of Jade and Shadow 9780525620778
Pico, Tommy. Nature Poem 9781941040638
Whitehead, Joshua. Jonny Appleseed, 9781551527253
Whitehead, Joshua, ed. Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction 9781551528113
Registrar Notes:
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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022
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