Section Info: GNDST-206FA-01

Course Title: Women and Gender in History: 'Labor and Family in African History'

Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024

Term: Spring Semester 2024

Description: This course will focus on workers and work in African history. It will consider key concepts and theoretical debates, and highlight different types of free and unfree labor in Africa. By analyzing the politics and economics of labor, this course will examine the relationship between workplace and home, and the space between the two. Through class discussion, this course will shift focus from the "masculine" jobs undertaken by men in public spheres, and consider the varied experiences of women and children in African labor history.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Ajibola Abdulrahman		aabdulrahman@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024	Discussion	Tuesday and Thursday	03:15PM - 04:30PM	CLAP - Clapp Laboratory	203	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
None

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
CRPE0001	CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor	This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.
CRPE0002	CRPE-2: Africana Studies - Major Pathway/Minor	This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Africana Studies major pathway and the CRPE Africana Studies minor.

Cross-listed Sections

HIST-245FA-01 Labor&Family in African Hist.

GNDST-206FA-01 Labor&Family in African Hist.

Course Availability
Section status: Open	Capacity: 28	Enrollment: 18	Available: 10	Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.