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HIST207

Women in Western Europe, 1789-1914
HIST207 FA

Crosslistings: WMST205
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Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:40 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       50      46         4

This course will explore the experiences of women, representations of those experiences, and the implications of gender difference in 19th-century Western Europe (with particular emphasis on England and France). Topics will include gender and public life; the family and sexuality; industrialism and women's work; medical discourse and deviant women; the emergence of feminism; and the gendered nature of European Imperialism. We will consider especially differences among women and will examine the intersections of feminist theory and the history of women.

MAJOR READINGS

E. Hellerstein et al., eds., VICTORIAN
WOMEN: A DOCUMENTARY ACCOUNT...
J. Landes, WOMEN AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE AGE OF THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
B. Taylor, EVE AND THE NEW JERUSALEM
E. Zola, L'ASSOMMOIR
J. Walkowitz, PROSTITUTION AND VICTORIAN SOCIETY
M. Foucault, HERCULINE BARBIN
M. Davies, ed., LIFE AS WE HAVE KNOWN IT
E. Showalter, THE FEMALE MALADY
E. Ross, LOVE AND TOIL
M. Alloula, THE COLONIAL HAREM

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three papers, 5-7 pages.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01
Shapiro, A
Times: .T.T... 10:00AM;
Grading Mode: A/F
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 3, Jr: 2, So: 1, Fr: 1
No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997



About the Photo:

Reference:

Roberts, John. CIVILIZATION, VOLUME I: THE EMERGENCE OF MAN IN SOCIETY. Del Mar, California: CRM Books, 1973



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