Politics of Sexuality

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Explores intersections among sexual identity, desire, and behavior and political institutions, public policy, and concepts of citizenship. Readings and methods will be interdisciplinary and will examine politics of sexuality in diverse sociocultural, international, and historical contexts. Topics may include: social movements; laws, policing, and incarceration; medicalization and eugenics; militarism and geopolitics; immigration and human rights; welfare policies; nationalism and citizenship; and reproductive rights.