FG247 - Women, Children and Men: Families in Historical Perspective
This course treats gender roles and family life throughout the European past, with comparative attention to families of other historical cultures and to relationships within non-human primate communities. It emphasizes the historical agency of women and children generally elided from traditional master narratives of Western Civilization, demonstrating how feminist and ethnohistorical approaches can reveal their experience. Course materials will include historiographical and anthropological literature as well as primary documents, literary works and visual sources. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Social Inequality requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: HP requirement. Meets the Equity and Power: EPG requirement.
Degree requirement — Critical Learning: HP, Critical Perspectives: S, Equity and Power: EPG
1 unit — Neel
Offerings
| Term | Block | Title | Instructor | Location | Student Limit/Available | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Block 6 | Women, Children and Men: Families in Historical Perspective | Carol Neel | Palmer Hall 225 | 25 / 3 | 12/23/2024 |