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Queer Asia(n)

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
TuTh 9:30a.m. – 10:45a.m.		 University Hall Y04-4170 3 $1050 (guest students)
$0 (current students)
Date
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
Time
TuTh 9:30a.m. – 10:45a.m.
Location
University Hall Y04-4170
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1050 (guest students)
$0 (current students)

Description

What's queer about Asia? What's Asian about queer? This class introduces students to key theoretical problems and empirical issues concerning LGBTQ+ life across Asia and Asian diaspora. We will examine the intersecting webs of forces that condition queer Asia as space, experience, and method: cis-heteropatriarchy, nationalism, regionalism, colonialism, orientalism, neoliberalism, and authoritarianism. Taking an expansive view of Asia and Asian-ness and using a global Asia framework to bridge area and ethnic studies and emphasize connections between regions. LGBTQ+ issues under examination include kinship practices, media representations, community activism, gay and transgender tourism, and international development. This class fulfills the International Diversity requirement.

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/8/2026 - 12/11/2026

Location

University Hall Y04-4170

Enrolled / Capacity

6 / 35

Status

Closed

Instructor

Suisui Wang

Tuition*

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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