History Sexuality U.S.

Spring 2020

History of Sexuality in the U.S.

Listed in: History, as HIST-162  |  Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-162

Faculty

Jen Manion (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as HIST 162 [US] and SWAG 162) Sexuality is a product of history and culture. This course will survey sex throughout United States history in relation to the various discourses of power and difference that have given it meaning, such as class, ethnicity, gender, race, and religion. Topics covered include the legal and social history of marriage, sex education, sexuality and the family during and after slavery, masculinity and the Western frontier, sexology and the invention of homosexuality, the making of urban gay subcultures, feminism and sexual liberation, the politics of abortion, HIV/AIDS, the LGBT rights movement, and the transgender revolution. We will consider the ways in which the study of sexuality creates opportunities to re-think major themes in U.S. social, cultural, and political history, with emphasis on the history of medicine, the history of social change, and the history of the family. Two class meetings per week.

Limited to 35 students. Spring semester. Professor Manion.

Course times and locations

HIST 162 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM FAYE 117
Th 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM FAYE 117

Textbooks

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

ISBN	Title	Publisher	Author(s)	Comment	Book Store	Price
	Documenting Intimate Matters: Primary Sources for a History of Sexuality in America	University of Chicago	Thomas A. Foster		Amherst Books	TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

Other years: Offered in Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2023, Fall 2024