The History of Race and Sex in America
AFAM 254
Fall 2023
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01
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Everything in our contemporary moment has a historical precedent. This course explores the ways that race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation have intersected to shape American lives and group identities. Focusing on the concept of intersectionality, this course looks at the relationship between power, rights, and citizenship; namely who is included and who is excluded at a given time and why. Thinking about how sex has factored into these dynamics, we'll be covering topics such as sexual coercion and consent, interracial marriage, and civil rights in historical perspective. Spanning the early American period through to the present, we will focus specifically on how the understanding of blackness and whiteness, manhood and womanhood, and heterosexuality and homosexuality changed over time. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Gail Bederman, MANLINESS AND CIVILIZATION
Sharon Block, RAPE AND SEXUAL POWER IN EARLY AMERICA
Thavolia Glymph, OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE
Kevin Mumford, INTERZONES: BLACK/WHITE SEX DISTRICTS IN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
Jennifer Nelson, WOMEN OF COLOR AND THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Renee Romano, RACE-MIXING: BLACK-WHITE MARRIAGE IN POSTWAR AMERICA
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Examinations and Assignments:
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Four 2-page reflections/analysis of readings. Random in-class debates. Final essay, no longer than 15 pages.
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| Instructor(s): Esty,Kaisha Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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