The Projects of Queer Studies:
Race, Pedagogy, and Social Theory RIG
Our mission is to develop a community of scholars at the UO who are in conversation about the most recent work in the field of queer studies, particularly the work that is seeking to address intersections of gender, sexuality, race, class, disability, and legacies of colonialism. Related to our mission is a strong commitment to questions of pedagogy. As such, the work of this RIG seeks to compliment and inform efforts on the UO campus to develop and maintain a rigorous and intellectually vibrant Queer Studies research environment and curriculum.
This RIG is primarily a reading group, meeting bi-weekly to discuss articles and works-in-progress submitted by RIG participants. Readings may include the following:
- Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, and the Sacred, by M. Jacqui AlexanderWhat’s Queer about Queer Studies Now? (Special Issue of Social Text, edited by Judith Halberstam, Jose Esteban Mu
- Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique, by Roderick Ferguson
- Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures, Gayatri Gopinath
- Postcolonial, Queer: Theoretical Intersections, edited by John C. Hawley
- Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology, E. Patrick Johnson
- Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where "Black" Meets "Queer" (Series Q) by Kathryn Bond Stockton
- Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability, Robert McRuer
- With Her Machete in Her Hand: Reading Chicana Lesbians, by Catriona Rueda Esquibel
- Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discoursive Spaces, by Juana Maria Rodriguez
- Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/national Projects, by Suparna Bhaskaran
- Troubling Education: Queer Activism and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy by Kevin Kumashiro
Contacts for more information:
Ernesto J. Martinez,
assistant professor, Women's and Gender Studies,
(541) 346-5523,
E-mail: ejm@uoregon.edu
Irmary Reyes-Santos, visiting assistant professor, Ethnic Studies Program, 541-346-1768, Email: irmary@uoregon.edu
For info about our meeting schedule or special events associated with this RIG or information about other RIGs click on
RIG Update.
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