ENG 268 Where is the Global #MeToo Today?
The MeToo movement began with Tarana Burke’s Unbound but gained traction when the hashtag went viral by Alyssa Milano in 2017. This course seeks to address the themes of trauma, body, pain, voice, gender & sexuality, testimony, and narrative politics, genocides, social media & digital activism, and will provide students with a national and global history of sexual violence. Course readings and discussions will cover topics such as rape, gender and sexuality, power, state and government policies on gender justice, explorations of the perpetrators and victim/victim-survivor hood, and how narrative politics work? Who gets to speak up? Who doesn’t? Why is there often a culture of silence and fear surrounding speaking up? What are the psychological, social, and cultural reasons in terms of who has the power to address their trauma? We will also explore the history of rape in popular culture in America and around the world. This course would appeal to students who are interested in psychology, sociology, health humanities, health sciences, media and communication, and women, gender, and sexuality studies, and is interdisciplinary.
Prerequisite
None.