WGS.110 Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern US

Written By Guest User

HASS-H
same subject as 21H.108
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Tues 7- 10pm
66-160

Provides an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from the end of the 19th century to the present. Surveys historical approaches to the field, emphasizing the changing nature of sexual and gender identities over time. Traces attempts to control, construct, and contain sexual and gender identities. Examines the efforts of those who worked to resist, reject, and reform institutionalized heterosexuality and mainstream configurations of gendered power.

C.Horan

Guest User
Previous

WGS.101 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Next

WGS.111 Gender and Media Studies