HIST157 CM - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

This course introduces students to the emerging historiography on gender and sexuality in Latin America. We examine changing gender roles and shifting constructions of masculinity, femininity, and honor in Latin America with particular attention to issues of sexuality, sexual preference, sexual constraints, and sexual transgressions. Topics include the encounter between Indigenous peoples and Europeans, slavery, honor, and whiteness during the independence era, prostitution, maternalism, patriarchy, queer studies, feminism, labor and class, nationalism, and dictatorships, social protest, and transgendered studies. Readings include works on the colonial period and the 19^th century, but most of the course will focus on these issues in the context of the 20^th century.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST157 CM