Sexuality & Socialism: Mobilizing a Radical Past for Liberation in the Present
Dana Cloud
"Queer Theory, Socialism, and the Demand for Equality"
Tuesday, March 8, 4pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
"Stonewall Lives! But Where?"
Wednesday, March 9, 4pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar for Students, Faculty, and Public
Thursday, March 10, 12:20pm, 8108 Social Science
This visit is part of an eight part series titled "RENEWING SOCIALISM FOR THE 21st CENTURY: ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM AND HOW TO GET THERE"
DANA L. CLOUD (Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1992) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies of the University of Texas, Austin. Her widely-published research includes critique of race, gender, and sexuality in popular culture, the development of materialist theory and methods in communication studies, and the study of social movements. Her most recent book, We ARE the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing is forthcoming next year from the University of Illinois Press.
Recommended readings:
Sherry Wolf, Sexuality and Socialism (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2009).
Rosemary Hennessey, Profit and Pleasure (NY: Routledge, 2000).
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