printer friendly pageFEMGEN 61: The Politics of Sex: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Modern America (AMSTUD 161, CSRE 162, FEMGEN 161, HISTORY 61, HISTORY 161)
This course explores the ways that individuals and movements for social and economic equality have redefined and contested gender and sexuality in the modern United States. Using a combination of primary and secondary sources, we will explore the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in the politics of woman suffrage, racial justice, reproductive rights, and gay and trans rights, as well as conservative and right-wing responses. Majors and non-majors alike are welcome.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Iker, T. (PI)
FEMGEN 61S: Gender: A Global History, 1200-1850 (HISTORY 61S)
The gendered ideas and practices of our world are products of their historical circumstances. This course will examine primary sources - including memoirs, travelogues, literature and art - to ask how gender connected to the emergence and development of global capitalism and imperialism. Why did Chinese women bind their feet while Mongolian women rode horses, and why was foot binding most prominent among the wealthy? What informed ideas of manhood, and how did they change in colonial contexts? Throughout the course, we will aim to think about gender historically. This means we must recognize that the categories we use to think about gender today - such as "heterosexuality," "homosexuality," or "lesbian" - do not neatly map onto the worlds of historical actors. It is a methodological error to simply import such identities into our analyses of the past. We will therefore collectively discuss how to make sense of gendered practices that seem familiar to us at first glance without imposing our categories on the lives of historical actors.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Salessi, S. (PI)
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