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CS92PROD
Early Modern Masculinities
HIST 397
Fall 2008
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: FGSS 397, COL 397

This history research seminar will explore theories and practices of masculinity in early modern Europe (1500-1800). We begin with prevailing theories of sexuality, sexes, bodies, and genders. How did philosophers and theologians in the western tradition define maleness and what it meant to be a man? How was sexuality and sexual difference understood and how did notions of gender shape broader ideas about the nature of human beings, their behavior, and their relationships? We then turn to practices. How were sex and gender identities negotiated in the actual lived experience of early modern people? What happened to the men who did not ¿fit¿ into the norms of patriarchy: priests, youths, hermaphrodites, castrati? For their major paper students may research any aspect of society and the sexes in early modern Europe.

Essential Capabilities: None
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (FGSS)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

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