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CS92PROD
Histories of Modern U.S. Gender and Sexuality

AMST 237
Spring 2018
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: FGSS 237
Course Cluster: Education Studies Minor, Queer Studies

This course will explore constructions of U.S. gender and sexuality from the late 19th century to the present. We will consider ideologies of gender and sexuality as social, political, economic, and biomedical systems, as well as lived, material realities. Particular attention will be paid to intersectional politics, by interrogating how categories such as race, class, disability, and national identity operate in relation to gender and sexual politics. Topics covered will include: the scientific "invention" of hetero- and homosexuality; anti-miscegenation law; gender-based immigration regulations; ideas of normative domesticity and kinship; labor patterns and gender-based disparities; gender- and sexuality-based rights' movements, including first, second, and third wave feminisms and LGBTQIA liberation; and reproductive technologies and rights.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS AMST
Course Format: LectureGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (EDST)
Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74%

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