HIST331

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HIST331

Victorian Women in America HIST331 FA

Crosslistings: AMST331

Next Offered in 9899 FA

This seminar will examine the diverse patterns of female experience that constituted the complex reality of Victorian womanhood in America. We will explore discrepancies between the specifics of women's lives and the dominant images and ideology of womanhood in Victorian art and literature.

MAJOR READINGS

Daniel Walker Howe, VICTORIAN AMERICA
Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Colleen McDannell, THE CHRISTIAN HOME IN VICTORIAN AMERICA
Rozsika Parker & Griselda Pollock, OLD MISTRESSES: WOMEN,
ART AND IDEOLOGY
Nina Auerbach, WOMAN AND THE DEMON: THE LIFE OF A VICTORIAN
MYTH
Dorothy Sterling, WE ARE YOUR SISTERS
Harvey Green, LIGHT OF THE HOME
Faye Dudden, SERVING WOMEN
Additional reading in Victorian biography, autobiography and
fiction.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A brief class presentation and a substantial research paper will be required of each student.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Preregistered students must attend the course or otherwise communicate with the instructor during the Red period of Drop/Add or be dropped from the course.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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Reference:

Sochen, June. HERSTORY. New York: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1974

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