Spring 2024 - INDG 329 D100
Sexuality and Gender: Indigenous Perspectives (3)
Class Number: 4603
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
June Scudeler
jscudele@sfu.ca
Office: SWH 9077
Office Hours: Mondays 2:30pm - 3:30pm or by appointment
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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:
Kai Minosh Pyle (baawiting nishnaabe / rivyer ruuzh michif ) asks “What kinds of gender roles were present before colonization?” Pyle also ponders “What does it mean for something to be traditional? How are certain practices and ideas determined to be traditional?” By creating narratives that centre Indigenous ways of knowing, Indigenous writers, artists, and filmmakers counteract colonial stereotypes about gender. Analyzing how colonization “straightened” Two-Spirit, femmes male and female’s roles will enable students to understand and appreciate Indigenous peoples’ questioning of colonially-imposed gender.
Grading
- Participation 15%
- Paper Proposal (3 pages) 25%
- Annotated Bibliography 25%
- Research paper 35%
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves. 978-1770864863
Johns, Jessica. Bad Cree. 978-1443465489
Pico, Tommy. Nature Poem. 978-1941040638
Whitehead, Joshua. Jonny Appleseed. 978-1551527253
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
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Registrar Notes:
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