The Political Economy of Women in the Modern United States
HIST 388
Spring 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 388, AMST 388 |
This course in United States political history explores women¿s theoretical and strategic interventions in political culture from the consolidation of the industrial economy in 1918 to the post-industrial twenty-first century. Addressing historical questions of critical importance to women as individual workers and citizens, and in their relationship to men and domesticity, we will discuss the conditions under which race, gender norms, nationality and class consciousness affected the political and economic status of "women" over the course of the twentieth century. Topics will include gender equity and civil rights; the rise of the welfare state; resistance to violence; contests over the meaning and content of feminism; the relationship of women to nationalism, internationalism and colonialism; separatism; and critiques of patriarchy. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (FGSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Anzaldua, Glorida, LA FRONTERA/BORDERLANDS
Critchlow, Donald, PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY AND GRASSROOTS CONSERVATISM
Engels, Friedrich, ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATE
Espiritu, Yen Le, ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN AND MEN
Kessler-Harris, Alice, IN PURSUIT OF EQUITY
McKinnon, Catherine, TOWARD A FEMINIST THEORY OF THE STATE
Orleck, Annelise, STORMING CAESAR'S PALACE
Skocpol, Theda, PROTECTING SOLDIERS AND MOTHERS
Solanas, Valeria, SCUM MANIFESTO
Smith, Andrea, CONQUEST
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two 5-7 pp. papers; oral presentation; take-home final. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
With permission of the instructor, students may substitute a research paper for the two short papers, providing that they agree to share their research with the class in an extra oral presentation at the end of the semester. This paper could fulfill the research requirement in history, or prepare the student for a thesis the following year. This course may be counted in the gender and history concentration. |
| Instructor(s): Potter,Claire B. Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: CAMS 2; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 2 |
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