Course Description
Recent scholarship on gender in a geographic area. The time period of the subject matter will vary with the instructor.
Athena Title
COLLOQ GENDR IN HIS
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in HIST 7710
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course will examine the way gender functions as a category of historical analysis. Both theoretical and empirical issues will be studied and discussed. Specific readings and themes will vary according to geographic and chronological expertise of the instructor.
Topical Outline
This course will examine the multiple ways in which gender has been constructed throughout history and the ways in which it has been linked with politics and sexuality. Students will study the history of sexuality and the interactions between sexuality, gender and politics by focusing on a variety of topics, from ancient times to the present. In doing so, they will explore the changing historical configurations of gender, politics and sexuality from the perspectives of states and their policies, of individuals, and of men and women as members of interest groups. They will also consider how gender identity has changed in response to specific historical circumstances. Topics will vary from semester to semester and from instructor to instructor. One possible topical outline would be: Introduction: Setting the Stage Constructions of Gender, Sexuality, and Politics: Theory The Reality of Gender, Sexuality, and Politics: Theory and Case Study Putting Practice and Theory Together Marriage, Patrimony, and Political Power Women as Sinners and Saints: Courtly Love, The Church, and Sexual Gender and Power in the Medieval World The Construction of Patriarchy: Women as Wives, Mothers and Witches Gendering Politics and Changing Constructions of Deviancy Changes in Familial Politics Liberty, Equality, Fraternity? Women and the French Revolution Reason vs. Nature: The Challenge to Women Reason vs. Nature, cont. Towards Domesticity Class, Poverty, and the Politics of Motherhood The Construction of the Prostitute The Politics of Gender, Race, and Slavery The Politics of Gender, Race, and Colonialism Fascism, Women, and the Holocaust Modern Sexual Identities The Politics of Reproductive Rights, Class, and Race
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