SoSe 17: MÜ-Negotiating Gender: Studying Affect
Sabine Schülting
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The course will offer an introduction to Affect Theory and the Study of Emotions, which have emerged, in the last few years, as a focus of critical concern in a large number of disciplines. We will clarify the terminology and discuss the differences between affect, passion, emotion, and feeling. In our discussion and comparison of various approaches to theorizing affect we will address the following questions: How is affect gendered? Is it a human universal or historically / culturally specific? What is the relationship between affect and cognition? What role does the body play? How are individuals and affective communities interrelated? How is affect represented and performed in art? How is affect functionalized in contemporary culture and politics? Our discussions of theoretical texts will be complemented with and related to select case studies.
Texts will be made available on Blackboard.
Assessment will be on the basis of regular attendance and active participation in classroom activities, including e.g. short presentations and response papers.
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Regular appointments