300-400 level courses are on special topics and are more advanced. They often presuppose some basic knowledge in the field and should be more difficult courses than courses at the 1-199 levels. The department is trying to insure that some 400 level courses, although substantially more difficult, are also small in size; they thus may be suitable for graduate students.
HIST 307 Gender in Latin America
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
SEM
This course will explore ideologies of masculinity and femininity in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. Themes include Mestizaje and the conquest, slavery and the culture of honor, organizing by working-class women, and the political activism of mothers facing authoritarian governments. Readings are chosen for methodological innovation and the authors' contributions to theorizing gender relations as well as for their substantive treatment of women's and men's interaction in specific countries.
