Jo Giardini
AS.363.405 (01)
Spring 2024
This discussion oriented seminar offered an intensive survey of cultural production by trans, non-binary, gender-nonconforming, and intersex artists, writers, poets, and musicians. It examined how this body of work engages with and contests sexological norms around gender and sexuality. In a moment of greater visibility for trans people, but one characterized by revanchist backlash, how are forms, genres, and aesthetic strategies used to understand the production of gender in relationship to racism, colonialism, and capitalism? How are trans people forming their own networks to aid in the production and distribution of their work? Class discussions were supplemented by conversations with visiting artists, publishers, and editors, and by an associated series of public readings, lectures, and screenings.