AMST 604 Gender and Sexuality in US History and Culture

This course explores the historical construction of gender and sexuality in US social and political culture of different eras, through current historical scholarship, primary documents, and such cultural representations as literature or film. How are conceptions of manhood and womanhood, of heterosexuality and “deviant” sexualities, shaped and reshaped in response to historical forces, and linked to concepts of race and class? How are dominant definitions contested?

Prerequisite(s): Graduate student in AMSTDY-MA Program

3 Credit(s)