HIST345 - SINNERS, SEX AND SLAVES: RACE AND SEX IN EARLY AMERICA

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST345 - SINNERS, SEX AND SLAVES: RACE AND SEX IN EARLY AMERICA
Term
2017C
Syllabus
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST345401
Registration notes

SECTION ACTIVITY CO-REQUISITE REQUIRED; CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN US

Meeting times
MW 1200PM-0100PM
Meeting location
MCNEIL BUILDING 286-7
Instructors
BROWN, KATHLEEN
Description
From the sixteenth century, when Native American populations flourished on the North American continent, to the Civil War, when North and South collided over the question of slavery, women have played a critical role in American society. This course traces the history of women and gender in America during this period with special emphasis on the importance of women's reproductive and economic roles to the emergence of ethnic, racial, regional, and socio-economic categories in the United States. Slides, lectures, and readings drawn from primary documents introduce students to the conditions of women's lives during the colonial and revolutionary periods and to the rise of women's activism in the nineteenth century. In addition, we will consider how dramatic changes in housework, wage labor, female access to public forms of power, and ideas about female sexuality make it difficult to generalize about what is commonly thought of as women's "traditional" or "natural" role.
Course number only
345
Use local description
No
Section Type
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE US
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled