Activity Type:
Lecture
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Presenter:
Patrick Samzun
Date:
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 12:30 to 14:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
CL 1218
Charles Fourier (1772-1837) was neither gay nor bi. But he was indeed ‘prosaphian’. That means he enjoyed crossing both grammatical and sexual borders in order to build a New Amorous World (1816). We will sketch out some of the ways in which Fourier queers his socialist sexual utopia, such as creating new words and mixing assorted genres and genders, in order to create an at once joyous and ‘ambiguous’ utopia.
UCIS Unit:
European Studies Center
European Union Center of Excellence
Non-University Sponsors:
Department of French and Italian
World Regions:
Europe
European Union
Western Europe