HIST 286

fall 2019
 
All Classes

Credit: 3 hours.

This course examines the historical construction of gender in the United States since 1877 with particular attention to women’s history. It considers how ideas about proper roles for men and women intersected with social categories such as class, race, (dis)ability, and ethnicity to shape lives, bodies, opportunities, politics, and power. Topics include work, family roles, leisure, political participation, health, sexuality, religion, popular culture, and struggles for influence, equality, self-expression, and rights.

Same as GWS 286.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2019 for:

  • Cultural Studies - US Minority
  • Humanities – Hist & Phil
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