Gender, Sexuality and Creativity
Summary
Gender and sexuality studies have generated a fundamental change in the critical reading of cultural creation. Not only have they authorised access to artistic production for unforeseen and often dissident subjects, but they have also generated complex conceptual proposals and even a "grammar" that is decisive in contemporary debates.
What Do We Study
The program is organized into four blocks: (1) thinking about affects in cultural practices; (2) hybrid textualities; (3) feminist debates on authorship; (4) ways of looking, ways of reading.
The main theoretical contributions of gender and sexuality studies, the affect theory or posthumanism to contemporary debates will be presented. Examples from literature, visual arts, comics, series and other cultural contexts will be analyzed.
Which is the Line of Thought
Gender and sexuality studies will be brought into relation with political theory, critical affect theory, trans theory and cultural studies. This confluence will provide a better understanding of contemporary cultural debates and representations.
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