History 278 - WOMEN IN US SINCE 1865

Survey of women's and gender history with focus on race, class, and sexuality. Draws on feminist methodologies to consider how study of women's lives changes our understanding of history, knowledge, culture, and the politics of resistance. Topics include labor, racial formation, empire, im/migration, popular culture, citizenship, education, religion, medicine, war, consumerism, feminism, queer cultures, and globalizing capitalism. Emphasis on class discussion and analysis of original documents with short lectures.