Women Behaving Badly -Policing Race, Gender, and Deviance in History
AFAM 244
Spring 2020 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 246 |
This course focuses on "women behaving badly" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in America. Students will explore the histories of female murderers and criminals as well as examine the experiences of women who transgressed racial, gendered, and sexual mores. Ultimately, we will investigate the tension between accepted social norms and the struggle for female autonomy. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Cynthia Blair, ¿I¿ve Got To Make My Livin¿¿: Black Women Sex Workers in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago (Chicago, 2010)
Lisa Duggan, Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity (Duke, 2001)
Kali Gross, Colored Amazons: Black Women, Crime, and Violence in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910 (Duke, 2006)
Cheryl Hicks, Talk With You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935 (UNC, 2010)
Mary Odem, Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920 (UNC, 1995)
Josie Washburn, The Underworld Sewer: A Prostitute Reflects on Life in the Trade, 1871-1909 (Reprint, Bison Book, 1997)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Exams and final paper |
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