The course introduces the key issues in the contemporary discussion of gender as manifested in various cultural and critical practices. The course will be organized around a variety of topics which may include: body politics, subjectivity and sexuality, queer theory, the theoretical approaches to sexuality, the making of sexual identities, the relationship between sexuality and social institutions, and feminist theory. It will examine gender in the politics of personal identities, everyday activities, political participation, and social structures (language, media, education, religion, violence).