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HISTORY 346

TRANS/GENDER IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

3-4 credits.

Focuses on sex/gender crossing and variation in historical contexts including Japan, South Africa, Europe, the African diaspora, and North America. Considers perspectives of people who themselves passed, crossed, transitioned, transed, or otherwise exceeded their culture's definitions of normative sex/gender. Alongside, consider the ways that dominant social institutions reinforced norms, recognized, tolerated, punished and/or celebrated gender variation. Examine popular culture, medical and legal perspectives, memoir, queer and trans theory, and social movement treatises.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2019 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the diverse contexts, practices, and meanings associated with trans, nonbinary, creative, and cross-gender embodiments. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Use culturally and historically specific vocabularies related to gender diversity in many eras and locations of the globe. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the ways that cultural and historical context inform gender and its roles in social life. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Interpret gender diversity in context using the craft of the historian and other methods. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Use written and verbal communication skills related to gender diversity across time and place. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the diverse contexts, practices, and meanings associated with trans, nonbinary, creative, and cross-gender embodiments. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Use culturally and historically specific vocabularies related to gender diversity in many eras and locations of the globe. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the ways that cultural and historical context inform gender and its roles in social life. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Interpret gender diversity in context using the craft of the historian and other methods. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Use written and verbal communication skills related to gender diversity across time and place. Audience: Undergraduate

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