HIST 280/6.0: Gender in North American History

This course is available to both Queen’s and non-Queen’s students. Non-Queen’s students (including interest students, visiting students, and new online degree students) must first apply for admission. The following course description is presented for informational purposes only and is subject to change.

Instructor

Erin Mandzak Learn more about the instructor...
E-mail: 7ekm3@queensu.ca
Phone: 267-292-3447

Course Description

This online history course is a survey of the history of gender in North America. Examines topics such as patriarchy and the unequal status of women, masculinity, racial and ethnic relations, and sexuality. Also considers the impact of gender on historical events and phenomena such as industrialization, class conflict, World War II and the Cold War.

Course Objectives

This online course introduces students to the dynamic fields of Women‘s and Gender History, in the North American context. Over the course of the year, we will use the lenses of manhood, womanhood and "modern "gender analysis" to: (1) explore the unity and diversity of men and women‘s "sexed lives"; and (2) investigate some of the ways, in which popular understandings of male and female difference have shifted (or been subtly reinforced), overtime.

Participants will be expected to learn the course material; complete four written assignments; and write a final exam. 

Course Schedule