HIST 028 PZ -Gender & Sexuality in Erly Ameri

Institution: Pitzer

Description: In North America from the 1600s to the 1800s definitions of and beliefs about gender and sexuality were shaped by dynamic forces in geo-politics, social boundaries, and nascent, but coalescing cultural ideologies. Through analysis of primary sources and close readings of scholarly articles, monographs, and theory this course will explore the dynamic encounters between early modern communities where gender and sexuality were contested, negotiated, and redefined in an era of encounters, colonization, resistance, and revolution set the stage for the emergence of the United States and created patterns of thought and behavior that continue to influence the present. Rather than follow the narrative trajectory that chronicles European exploration and settlement leading into the creation of the United States, this course is divided into sections that interrogate subject matter through both geographic spaces and specific historiographical problems. Particular emphasis will be given to borderlands and ?gender frontiers? across North America wherein diverse populations came into contact and through interaction, exchange, conflict, and accommodation shaped and re-shaped meanings, practices, and performances of gender and sexuality.

Prerequisite(s): See the current course schedule for registration restrictions.

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