HIST-252 Empires of Sex: Gender and the Body in the Early Modern World
This course considers the global history of sexuality, gender, and the body from antiquity to the French Revolution. Recognizing that mixing among humans was a powerful and potentially dangerous tool for developing new populations, imperial regimes and privileged individuals constructed sexuality through science and politics to remake society for their own ends. Topics include intimacy, sexual violence, the science of reproduction, homosexuality, intersex and transgender individuals, and historical demography.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Offered
Fall, Spring