Politiska perspektiv på genus och sexualitet

This course studies the history and the theories of sexuality and gender from a political perspective. It is one the one hand side focused on providing a historical description of certain important discursive shifts in the relation between state, sexuality and gender. During this theme, students get acquainted with a variety of ways to organize this relation at different times and in different societies. On the other hand, the course focuses on theoretical approaches to sexuality and gender, and on normative theories about the relation between the two and the state.