HIS 317 Wmn, Wrk, Family Mod Europe

In this course we will interrogate European modernity through the critical lens of genderAnd the standpoint of women?s daily lives and experiences. We will explore the role of gender in both organizing and validating social power relations and subaltern identities. Topics we will cover include: class and gender; women?s work and the impacts of industrial capitalism on gender norms and ideology; women in reform and political movements; domesticity and the public/private imaginary; gender, race, nation, and empire; feminisms; socialist and liberal feminism; women and war; women?s sexuality, culture, and sexual liberation theory. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisite (any one of the following 200 level courses): HIS 211, HIS 213, HIS 212, HIS 214, HIS 217, HIS 219. 4 credits