XXY

Gender Issues - Film/Video

Date & Time:	Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Suggested Audiences:	College, Adult
Location: Find Local Food & Accommodations	Clark University: Dana Commons 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610
Sponsored by:	Difficult Dialogues Initiative of the Higgins School of Humanities and the Speakers Forum
Description:	This film is a part of the Difficult Dialogues Symposium titled, Considering Gender. Our culture is saturated with and shaped by issues and images of gender, often in its polarized forms. This semester we ask what gender is, and explore both its biology and the ways we construct it. We engage the volatile and painful concerns that arise in its wake violence, inequity, intolerance as well as the subtlety of gendered assumptions. We consider gender in pop culture, its increasingly fluid and ambiguous definition, the questions of power that surround it, both the hysterical and the sacred dimensions of sexuality, and ask how we might become more conscious and intentional about its role in our own lives and community. XXY (2007) XXY tells the story of a 15-year-old intersex person, the way her family copes with her condition and the ultimate decision that she must eventually make as she explores her sexuality. Made in Argentina, and directed by Lucia Puenzo, it has received wide acclaim at Cannes and other film festivals. Tuesday February 9 @ 7pm \| Dana Commons This event is sponsored by the Difficult Dialogues Initiative and the Higgins School of Humanities.
More Information:	E-mail: Lgillingham@clarku.edu Entered by: Lisa Gillingham

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