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HIST285
Crime and Criminality in 19th Century Europe
HIST285 FA
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Next Offered in 9899 FA
In examining 19th-century responses to "the crime
problem," particularly in England and France, this seminar
will explore the connections between perceptions and
definitions of criminality and the broader socio-economic,
political and cultural transformations of the period.
Further, it will analyze both representations of the
criminal and the narratives that organized stories of crime
in a variety of contemporary documents.
MAJOR READINGS
Louis Chevalier, LABORING CLASSES AND
DANGEROUS CLASSES IN PARIS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY
H. Mayhew, LONDON LABORERS AND THE LONDON POOR
Michel Foucault, I, PIERRE RIVIERE, HAVING
SLAUGHTERED MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, AND MY BROTHER...
Michel Foucault, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH
Judith Walkowitz, PROSTITUTION AND VICTORIAL SOCIETY
Ruth Harris, MURDERS AND MADNESS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers; oral
presentation
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: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
A police officer in London traffic during the 1870's
Reference:
Briggs, Asa. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE
CONTRADICTIONS OF
PROGRESS, London: McGraw-Hill, 1970 and THE BEST
OF LIFE, New
York: Time-Life Books, 1973 (page 237)
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