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Academic Year 2005/2006

American Masculinities Through the Victorian Era
HIST 270 SP

This interdisciplinary course surveys the history of manhood in America from the seventeenth century through the Oscar Wilde trial of 1895. In addition to reading literature and history, students will analyze and discuss letters and diaries, as well as some of the most controversial paintings and photographs of the nineteenth century. The course will explore the emergence of male homosexuality as a category of self-identification and the history of homo-social relationships more generally, particularly in times of war and in the context of American industrialization.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/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-30-2006

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