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Academic Year 2004/2005

Women's and Gender History in Africa
HIST 290 SP
Crosslistings:
WMST 290

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 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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