| Course Title: Topics in Politics: 'Sex, Gender, and American Law' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
| Description: How does the law police or protect sexuality? Why do activists and attorneys spar over theories of gender identity? How did abortion become the seeming center of American politics? This course examines sexual and gender oppression and liberation in the U.S. from the nineteenth century to the present. We will explore how sexual and gender minorities won civil rights struggles, how those rights have been rolled back, and how these political conflicts have transformed the meanings of liberty and equality. In this pursuit, we will consult court cases, social movement histories, police records, "gayborhood" maps, labor union contracts, and other means by which law shapes identity and desire. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Joanna Wuest | jwuest@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | CARR - Carr | 102 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: POLIT-104. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| POLIT-AMER | POLIT-AMER: Politics - American subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the American Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Fragmented Citizens: The Changing Landscape of Gay and Lesbian Lives Author: Engel, Stephen Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781479853472 Publisher: New York University Press |
Required | 25.00 |
| Title: The Stranger Next Door:THE STORY OF A SMALL COMMUNITY'S BATTLE OVER SEX, FA Author: Stein, Arlene Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780807007181 Publisher: Beacon Press |
Required | 18.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |