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5 Dezembro 2019, 18:00 Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

How has researching, archiving and curating LGBTQ+ screen histories opened up the canon and re-shaped visual culture?

Student-led discussions (oral presentations) by I. Rita Lourenço (Namaste, “Undoing Theory”); II. Tatiane Carvalho and Hugo Oliveira (case study); III. Mafalda Fernandes (Joker). IV. Pedro Cosme (Paul, “Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love”)

Reading assignments:

•Paul, Heike. 2014. “Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love.” In: The Myths That Made America: An Introduction to American Studies. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. 89-135. •Namaste, Viviane. 2009. “Undoing Theory: The ‘Transgender Question’ and the Epistemic Violence of Anglo-American Feminist Theory.” Hypatia 24: 3, Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Gendered Realities, 11-32.