HIS 330 Gender & Colonization

The encounter between Europeans, Africans, and Indians in the Atlantic World had gender-specific consequences. So much is self-evident. What is perhaps less evident is the ways in which gender as a central category of social identity was deployed by both would-be imperialists and their 'subject' peoples to shape the diplomatic, intellectual, political, social, sexual, racial, and economic realities of daily life. This course will focus on 'gender frontiers' from 1450-1900, centering our analyses mainly (though not exclusively) on the North American continent. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.  Prerequisite: HIS 226.