Women in the Modern World
History · 3 hrs Lecture/Seminar
Offered: Fall Or Winter Or Spring
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Description
This lecture/seminar course will examine the varied experiences of women in a cross-cultural context, with emphasis on the transference of European ideologies of gender to a colonial setting. Students will analyze and compare notions of womanhood in modern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and pay special attention to the agency of imperialism and colonialism in the construction of women's lives. Using primary and secondary sources, comparisons will be drawn where appropriate among different classes, regions, and times.
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