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ENG 128 - Gender In The Humanities

Department: English

Description: Examination of gender roles, norms, and stereotypes from a broad range of perspectives within humanities across centuries and cultures. Offered as COM/ENG/LAN 128.

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: COM 110 and ENG 101 or concurrent registration

General Education: LH - Language in the Humanities

IAI Code: IAI H3 911D Literature and Gender

Current Offerings

For the most up-to-date course information, please check the registration system through your MyIllinoisState portal.

Fall 2021

  • 001 - Lecture: M W F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM , Eric Pitman 3 hour(s)
  • 002 - Lecture: T Th 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM , Krista Roberts 3 hour(s)
  • 003 - Lecture: M W F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM , Eric Pitman 3 hour(s)
  • 004 - Lecture: T Th 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM , Heidi Bowman 3 hour(s)
  • 005 - Lecture: T Th 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Phil Spotswood 3 hour(s)
  • 006 - Lecture: M W 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Hye Hyon Kim 3 hour(s)
  • 007 - Lecture: T Th 3:35 PM - 4:50 PM , Heidi Bowman 3 hour(s)
  • 008 - Lecture: M W 3:35 PM - 4:50 PM , Edcel Cintron Gonzalez 3 hour(s)

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Williams Hall 307 (WIH 307)

Instructor Name: Eric Pitman

Book Title
ISBN
Author
Edition
Publisher
MSRP
Notes
Special Instructions
Gender Queer: A Memoir (Required)
ISBN9781549304002
AuthorKobabe, Maia
Edition
PublisherOni Press
MSRP N/A

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual (Required)
ISBN9781787752153
AuthorBurgess, Rebecca
Edition
PublisherJessica Kingsley Publishers
MSRP N/A

I Hope We Choose Love (Required)
ISBN9781551527758
AuthorThom
Edition
PublisherArsenal
MSRP N/A

The Body Is Not an Apology (Required)
ISBN9781523090990
AuthorTaylor, Sonya Renee
Edition2nd
PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers
MSRP N/A

On A Sunbeam (Required)
ISBN9781250178138
AuthorWalden, Tillie
Edition
PublisherFirst Second
MSRP N/A

BENT (Required)
ISBN9781557833365
AuthorSHERMAN
Edition
PublisherAPPLAUSE
MSRP $16.99

FUN HOME (Required)
ISBN9780618871711
AuthorBECHDEL
Edition
PublisherHM TR
MSRP $14.95

Parable of the Sower (Required)
ISBN9781419754050
AuthorButler, Octavia
Edition
PublisherAbrams Comicarts
MSRP N/A

GIOVANNI'S ROOM (Required)
ISBN9780345806567
AuthorBALDWIN
Edition
PublisherRANDOM
MSRP $14.00

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 219 (STV 219)

Instructor Name: Krista Roberts

Book Title
ISBN
Author
Edition
Publisher
MSRP
Notes
Special Instructions
Introducing Intersectionality (Short Introductions (Required)
ISBN9780745663678
AuthorRomero, Mary
Edition
PublisherWiley/Polity
MSRP N/A

Transgender 101 (Required)
ISBN9780231157131
AuthorTeich
Edition
PublisherColumbia UP
MSRP N/A

Threshold Concepts in Women's and Gender Studies (Required)
ISBN9781138304352
AuthorLaunius
Edition
PublisherRoutledge
MSRP N/A

Haters (Required)
ISBN9781612347660
AuthorPoland
Edition
PublisherPotomac
MSRP N/A

Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers (Required)
ISBN9780142001011
AuthorGuerrilla Girls
Edition
PublisherPenguin
MSRP N/A

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 212 (STV 212)

Instructor Name: Eric Pitman

Book Title
ISBN
Author
Edition
Publisher
MSRP
Notes
Special Instructions
Gender Queer: A Memoir (Required)
ISBN9781549304002
AuthorKobabe, Maia
Edition
PublisherOni Press
MSRP N/A

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual (Required)
ISBN9781787752153
AuthorBurgess, Rebecca
Edition
PublisherJessica Kingsley Publishers
MSRP N/A

I Hope We Choose Love (Required)
ISBN9781551527758
AuthorThom
Edition
PublisherArsenal
MSRP N/A

The Body Is Not an Apology (Required)
ISBN9781523090990
AuthorTaylor, Sonya Renee
Edition2nd
PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers
MSRP N/A

BENT (Required)
ISBN9781557833365
AuthorSHERMAN
Edition
PublisherAPPLAUSE
MSRP $16.99

FUN HOME (Required)
ISBN9780618871711
AuthorBECHDEL
Edition
PublisherHM TR
MSRP $14.95

GIOVANNI'S ROOM (Required)
ISBN9780345806567
AuthorBALDWIN
Edition
PublisherRANDOM
MSRP $14.00

On A Sunbeam (Required)
ISBN9781250178138
AuthorWalden, Tillie
Edition
PublisherFirst Second
MSRP N/A

Parable of the Sower (Required)
ISBN9781419754050
AuthorButler, Octavia
Edition
PublisherAbrams Comicarts
MSRP N/A

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Schroeder Hall 201 (SCH 201)

Instructor Name: Heidi Bowman

Book Title
ISBN
Author
Edition
Publisher
MSRP
Notes
Special Instructions
The Poet X (Required)
ISBN9780062662804
AuthorAcevedo
Edition
PublisherHarper Teen
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: The Awakening is available free online.
SALVAGE THE BONES (Required)
ISBN9781608196265
AuthorWARD
Edition
PublisherBLOOMSBURY
MSRP $15.00

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: The Awakening is available free online.
This is How It Always Is (Required)
ISBN9781250088567
AuthorFrankel
Edition
PublisherFlatiron
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: The Awakening is available free online.
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Sugge (Required)
ISBN9780525434801
AuthorAdichie
Edition
PublisherAnchor
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: The Awakening is available free online.
The Awakening (Recommended)
ISBN9780486277868
AuthorChopin
Edition
PublisherDover
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: The Awakening is available free online.

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 229 (STV 229)

Instructor Name: Phil Spotswood

Book Title
ISBN
Author
Edition
Publisher
MSRP
Notes
Special Instructions
DAWN (Required)
ISBN9780446603775
AuthorBUTLER
Edition
PublisherWARNER
MSRP $17.99

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: GTIOTM, Dawn - Any edition is fine but I will be using this one. Electronic format ok. FTIAAB, AHMBB, Sphinx - Electronic format ok.
Sphinx (Required)
ISBN9781941920091
AuthorGarreta & Becker
Edition
PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: GTIOTM, Dawn - Any edition is fine but I will be using this one. Electronic format ok. FTIAAB, AHMBB, Sphinx - Electronic format ok.
A History of My Brief Body (Required)
ISBN9781937512934
AuthorBelcourt, Billy-Ray
Edition
PublisherTwo Dollar Radio
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: GTIOTM, Dawn - Any edition is fine but I will be using this one. Electronic format ok. FTIAAB, AHMBB, Sphinx - Electronic format ok.
Go Tell It On the Mountain (Required)
ISBN9780345806543
AuthorBaldwin, James
Edition
PublisherVintage
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: GTIOTM, Dawn - Any edition is fine but I will be using this one. Electronic format ok. FTIAAB, AHMBB, Sphinx - Electronic format ok.
For Today I Am A Boy (Required)
ISBN9780544538528
AuthorFu, Kim
Edition
PublisherMariner Books
MSRP N/A

Special InstructionsSpecial Instructions: GTIOTM, Dawn - Any edition is fine but I will be using this one. Electronic format ok. FTIAAB, AHMBB, Sphinx - Electronic format ok.

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 232 (STV 232)

Instructor Name: Hye Hyon Kim

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 211 (STV 211)

Instructor Name: Heidi Bowman

Book Title
ISBN
Author
Edition
Publisher
MSRP
Notes
Special Instructions
The Poet X (Required)
ISBN9780062662804
AuthorAcevedo
Edition
PublisherHarper Teen
MSRP N/A

SALVAGE THE BONES (Required)
ISBN9781608196265
AuthorWARD
Edition
PublisherBLOOMSBURY
MSRP $15.00

This is How It Always Is (Required)
ISBN9781250088567
AuthorFrankel
Edition
PublisherFlatiron
MSRP N/A

The Awakening (Recommended)
ISBN9780486277868
AuthorChopin
Edition
PublisherDover
MSRP N/A

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Sugge (Required)
ISBN9780525434801
AuthorAdichie
Edition
PublisherAnchor
MSRP N/A

Dates: 08/16/2021 - 12/04/2021

Building: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 121 (STV 121)

Instructor Name: Edcel Cintron Gonzalez

Book Title
ISBN
Author
Edition
Publisher
MSRP
Notes
Special Instructions
The Prince and the Dressmaker (Required)
ISBN9781626723634
AuthorWang, Jen
Edition
PublisherFirst Second
MSRP N/A

Princess Princess Ever After (Required)
ISBN9781620107140
AuthorO'Neill, Katie
Edition
PublisherOni Press
MSRP N/A

Lumberjanes Vol 1 (Required)
ISBN9781608866878
AuthorStevenson
Edition
PublisherBOOM! Box
MSRP N/A

As the Crow Flies (Required)
ISBN9781945820069
AuthorGillman, Melanie
Edition
PublisherIron Circus Comics
MSRP N/A

Gender Queer: A Memoir (Required)
ISBN9781549304002
AuthorKobabe, Maia
Edition
PublisherOni Press
MSRP N/A

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual (Required)
ISBN9781787752153
AuthorBurgess, Rebecca
Edition
PublisherJessica Kingsley Publishers
MSRP N/A

Queer: A Graphic History (Required)
ISBN9781785780714
AuthorBarker
Edition
PublisherIcon Books
MSRP N/A