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 Women, Gender & World History - HIST1020
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Contact: Bowen Raddeker,Helene
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Excluded: GLST1200, WOMS1003
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
  

Description

Looks at world change from ancient times, with reference to premodern women, male-female relations, sexuality and social constructions of gender. Emphasis will be placed upon patterns of change from prehistory through to modernity but with the recognition that even 'revolutionary' change has not necessarily involved progress for women. Topics include: androcentric periodizations of history; debates about early 'matriarchies'; patriarchal controls placed upon women, their sexuality and fertility; different social constructs of feminine and masculine roles and identity; and the importance of culture and class in determining social roles, male-female relations and differences between women.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course students will have developed a more critical and sophisticated understanding of women's social situation, globally and historically. The course seeks to encourage in students an awareness of how this has differed markedly in different types of societies or communities (settled as opposed to nomadic, for example, agricultural versus foraging or herding) and geographic or cultural areas; and also changed over time under the impact of various factors (for example, new religions and colonial domination).

Assessment

  • In-class Test - 20%
  • Tutorial participation - 20%
  • Tutorial exercises - 30%
  • Research essay (2500 words) - 30%

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