HISTORY *752 / United States Women’s and Gender History

3 unit(s)

K. Balcom

Exploration of the best practices and current historiographical debates in the history of women and gender in the United States. The course will include historical work on the construction of masculinity and femininity, the relationship between gender roles, race relations and class identity, the growth of the American state, the evolution of American political theory and the changing status of women in American society, among other topics. The class will address the influence of postmodernism, feminist theory, and theories of narrative structure on the writing of history.