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Academic Year 2003/2004
Women's and Gender History in Africa
HIST 290 SP
This course examines the writing of women's, feminist, and gender history in Africa. We will look at the extent to which European and American theoretical frameworks have informed Africanist scholarship. Case studies
will
provide content on African history. Students will understand the different implications of writing the history of women versus the use of gender as an analytical tool.
MAJOR READINGS
Iris Berger and E. Frances White, WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Luise White, THE COMFORTS OF HOME: PROSTITUTION IN COLONIAL NAIROBI
Barbara Cooper, MARRIAGE IN MURADI: GENDER AND CULTURE IN A HAUSA SOCIETY IN NIGER,
1900-1998
Buchi Emecheta, THE
JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD
Tsitsi Dangaremba, NERVOUS CONDITIONS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
mid-term
2 short papers
research paper
COURSE FORMAT:
Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Semley,Lorelle D.
- Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: BTFDC312
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: 3 Jr. major: 2
- SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 2 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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