FS 007 PZ -Thinking the Impossible: Gender and Utopia in European and U.S. History

Institution: Pitzer

Description: Writers create utopias, dystopias, and speculative ‘fictions’ to challenge their societies’ ideas of sexuality and gender. Sometimes these visions have galvanized social or political action, sometimes they have been rejected as impossible or dangerous. This course explores speculative thought about gender and sexuality in their historical contexts in Europe and the U.S during the past 500 years. We will focus particularly on periods of great political and social tumult, including post-Interregnum England (1660s), post-World War I Europe (1920s), and the final decade of the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. (mid-1960s to mid-1970s).

Prerequisite(s): None

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.