Schedule

Jan. 29
Introduction to Class

Feb. 5
Foucault: Parts 1, 2, and 3

Feb. 14
* Note day change*
Foucault: Parts 4 and 5
Peiss: Preface and Chapter 1’s essays by Weeks and Norton

Feb. 19
Hawthorne: “The Custom-House” and Chapters 1-12
Peiss: Chapter 3’s Documents 1 and 3 and essay by Godbeer

Feb. 26
Hawthorne: Chapter 13 to end
Peiss: Chapter 4’s Documents 2, 3, 4, and 5, and essay by Cott

Mar. 5
Peiss: All of Chapter 6 (except essay by Hansen) and all of Chapter 7 and Chapter 9’s essay by Gordon

Mar. 12
First Essay due—bring hard copy to Museum
Meet at Museum of Sexuality, 233 Fifth Avenue

Mar. 19
Nabokov, first half

Mar. 26
Spring Break Peiss: Chapter 10’s Documents 1-4

April 2
Spring Break, Peiss: Chapter 10’s essay by Katz

April 9
Nabokov, second half
Peiss: Chapter 11’s Documents 1, 2, and 4

April 16
Morrison, Sula
Peiss: Chapter 5’s essay by Stevenson and Chapter 6’s essay by Hansen

April 23
Kushner, Angels in America
Peiss: Chap. 13’s Docs. 3-6 and essay by Bayer and Chap. 14’s Weston

April 30
Middlesex, Books 1 and 2
Creative Project Proposals Due

May 7
Middlesex, Books 3 and 4
Peiss: Chapter 11’s Document 3 and essay by Serlin

May 14
Second Essay due with Presentations to class

May 21
Final Projects due with Presentations to class